The Oxford Companion to Global Change is an up-to-date, comprehensive, interdisciplinary guide to the range of issues surrounding natural and human-inducedchanges in the Earth's environment. In one convenient volume, the Companion brings together current knowledge about the relations between technological, social, demographic, economic, and political factors as well as biological, chemical, and physical systems. It is an essential reference work for students, teachers, researchers, and other professionals seeking to understand any aspect of global change. Clear coverage of earth systems, human factors, institutions, case studies, resources, biographies, agreements, policies, associations, and responses to global change. 300 original articles by leading scholars, supplemented by 150 charts, diagrams, and illustrations. Balanced treatment of predictions of catastrophe and statements of optimism. Up-to-date scholarship using the most recent (2007) reports of the IPCC
- ISBN: 978-0-19-532488-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 624
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés