Dictionary of Environment & Conservation 2e
ISBN: 9780199641666
Author: Park
R544.95 (incl. VAT)
Thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research in the field, A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation provides over 9,000 A to Z entries on scientific and social aspects of the environment—its key thinkers, treaties, movements, organizations, concepts, and theories. Covering subjects such as sustainable development, biodiversity, and environmental ethics, it is at the cutting edge of environmental and conservation studies.
This is the ideal reference for students studying these subjects and anyone with an interest in environment and conservation.
Thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research in the field, A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation provides over 9,000 A to Z entries on scientific and social aspects of the environment—its key thinkers, treaties, movements, organizations, concepts, and theories. Covering subjects such as sustainable development, biodiversity, and environmental ethics, it is at the cutting edge of environmental and conservation studies.
This is the ideal reference for students studying these subjects and anyone with an interest in environment and conservation.
This is the ideal reference for students studying these subjects and anyone with an interest in environment and conservation.
Features
- Thoroughly revised and updated to include the latest research
- Over 700 entries new to this edition, including aerial plankton, cyclone collector, oasis, and supertramp
- Social as well as scientific focus: comprehensive coverage of the social aspect of environmental science (including treaties, organisations, and agencies relating to the environment) as well as ecology
- Appendices provide sources of online data on the environment, international environment treaties, the Beaufort scale of wind strength, the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, the Fujita scale of tornado intensity, the Torino asteroid and comet impact hazard scale, the Richter earthquake magnitude and modified Mercalli earthquake intensity scales, a geological time-scale, the chemical elements, and SI units and conversions
- Features recommended web links that are listed and regularly updated on a dedicated companion website
- Includes line drawings to illustrate entries