A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 30 November 2006
- ISBN 9780198609957
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages528 pages
- Size 242x163x32 mm
- Weight 926 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 21 b/w illustrations 0
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Short description:
Containing over 8,500 entries, this informative dictionary addresses the social, political and economic aspects of environmental science and conservation. An essential work of reference for anyone with an interest in the environment and conservation.
MoreLong description:
This informative dictionary contains over 8,500 entries on all aspects of the environment and conservation. 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. In addition to its wide-ranging, concise definitions, it includes longer key entries on topics such as Antarctica, Gaia
hypothesis, genetic engineering, the Kyoto Protocol, and the United Nations Conference on Environmental Development.
The dictionary is uniquely comprehensive in that it addresses the social, legal, political and economic aspects of the environment and conservation as well as the scientific terms. Coverage includes international treaties, movements, trusts and organisations, as well as biographies of key figures in environmental science. It also boasts wide coverage of terms relating to rural/community development and participation, an area with an increasingly key role in managing the environment and
biodiversity. This places the subject of the environment firmly in a human as well as a scientific context.
The dictionary is supplemented with an invaluable selection of 10 appendices, including international hazard assessment scales (including the Beaufort scale, the Richter scale, and the Fujita tornado scale), the geologic timescale, and an appendix of useful websites for further study.
Concise and wide-ranging, this is an essential work of reference for students and professionals, and anyone with an interest in the environment and conservation.
This dictionary is a useful tool.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Contents
A to Z entries
Appendix 1
Sources of online data on the environment
Appendix 2
International environment 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 hazard scale
Appendix 7
Richter earthquake magnitude and modified Mercalli earthquake intensity scales
Appendix 8
The geological timescale
Appendix 9
Chemical elements
Appendix 10
Si units and conversions
