Changing planet : what is the environmental impact of human migration and settlement?

Title
Changing planet : what is the environmental impact of human migration and settlement?

Personal Author EPSB
Sally, Morgan

Summary
Discusses how natural habitats and wilderness areas are impacted by the needs of a growing population of humans for land on which to farm and build towns and cities, and examines how urbanization leads to an increase in carbon emissions and related environmental problems.

Year Published
2010

Series
Investigating human migration & settlement

Physical Description
48 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm

Note
Includes index.

Subject
Migration, Internal.
 
Emigration and immigration.
 
Human settlements.
 
Cities and towns -- Growth.
 
Land use -- Environmental aspects.

Summary
Discusses how natural habitats and wilderness areas are impacted by the needs of a growing population of humans for land on which to farm and build towns and cities, and examines how urbanization leads to an increase in carbon emissions and related environmental problems.

ISBN
9780778751793
 
9780778751946

Publisher
St. Catherines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub., [2010]
 
©2010


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Elizabeth Finch333.77 MORBook31459000037334Non-Fiction