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A dictionary of environment and conservation [electronic resource] / Chris Park

Author
Park, Chris C.
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Description
522 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Oxford University Press
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Contents
A dictionary of environment and conservation -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 : Sources of online data on the environment -- Appendix 2 : International environmental treaties -- Appendix 3 : The Beaufort scale of wind strength -- Appendix 4 : The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale -- Appendix 5 : The Fujita scale of tornado intensity -- Appendix 6 : Torino asteroid and comet impact hazards scale -- Appendix 7 : Richter earthquake magnitude and modified Mercalli earthquake intensity scales -- Appendix 8 : The geological time-scale -- Appendix 9 : Chemical elements -- Appendix 10 : SI units and conversions.
Summary
Online searchable resource with over 8,500 entries on all aspects of environmental science and conservation. Social as well as scientific in focus, it provides comprehensive coverage of the social aspect of environmental science (including treaties, organizations, and agencies relating to the environment) and ecology, as well as biographies of key figures in the field. International in scope, it embraces a broad spectrum of environmental areas including sustainable development; biodiversity; conservation; environmental ethics, philosophy, and history; resource management; sociology; and policy on the environment. It also features over 30 highlighted entries on key topics, such as Air pollution, Chernobyl, El Niño, the Gaia hypothesis, and Ozone depletion, and 10 appendices covering a range of related subjects including international environmental treaties, the Beaufort scale, the Richter scale, the geologic timescale, and web links.--From title screen.
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9780198609957 (print ed.)
0198609957 (print ed.)
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Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007 Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to authorised Oxford Reference Online users only.
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