The Environment in World History
Language: English Publication details: New York Routledge 2024Edition: 2nd edDescription: ix, 119pISBN: 9781138301597 (PB)Subject(s): Human ecology -- History | Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- History | Human ecology -- Case studies | World history | GeneralCurrent library | Home library | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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IMSc Library | IMSc Library | 304 MOS (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 77728 |
Includes Index
1. Introduction: environment and history
2. The world hunt
3. Forests and forestry
4. Soils and irrigation
5. Cities and the environment
6. Conclusion: beyond the limits?
Now in its second edition and refreshed by a decade of new research, The Environment in World History uncovers the deep-rooted causes of interconnected climate, biodiversity, and ecological crises that have brought the environment to the top of the global political agenda in the twenty-first century.
Its expanded chapters and case studies explore a wide range of issues including the following: the hunting of wildlife and the loss of biodiversity across the globe; deforestation and the development of strategies to protect the world’s forests; soil degradation caused by worldwide agricultural expansion, one of the most profound ways that humans have altered the planet; the widening impact of urban-industrial growth and the deepening ecological footprints of the world’s cities; and the rising levels of air, land and water pollution as the trade-off for continued economic growth worldwide. Covering the last five hundred years, it offers an essential environmental perspective on well-known world history narratives of imperialism and colonialism, trade and commerce, technological progress and the advance of civilisation.
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