Screen LibraryEnvironmental social science：human-environment interactions and sustainability
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Wiley-Blackwell,
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| Publisher Address: | Malden, Mass. |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 215 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781405105743 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405105747 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781405105736 (alk. paper) 1405105739 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | Q988 |
| CLC: |
Q988 X24 |
| Call Number: | X24/M829 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [158]-202) and index. "The past decade has witnessed a rapid growth in the development of research on the human dimensions of global environmental change. Environmental Social Science offers a synthesis of this new cross disciplinary enterprise, and provides a foundation for scholars and policy makers to address the urgent needs of these globally-scaled processes. With increasing evidence of climate change, loss of biodiversity, rapid deforestation in the tropics, and an impending crisis in availability of potable water, the book argues that environmental research demands a better understanding of the complexitie |