Screen LibraryNatural processes and human impacts：interactions between humanity and the environment
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Dordrecht |
| Publication Dates: | c2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1424-3 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxi, 657 p.): ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps. |
| ISBN: |
9789400714243 (electronic bk.) 9400714246 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | Q988 |
| CLC: | Q988 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. pt. 1. Natural processes and their impacts on human activity -- pt. 2. Human impacts on the environment. This highly topical book comes at a time when the two-way relationship between humankind and the environment is moving inexorably to the top of the agenda. It covers both sides of this delicate balancing act, explaining how various natural processes influence humanity, including its economic activities and engineering structures, while also illuminating the ways in which human activity puts pressure on the natural environment. Chapters analyze a varied selection of phenomena that directly affect people's lives, from geological processes such as earthquakes and tsunamis to cosmic events such as. |