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

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

Sally, Morgan

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2010

Investigating human migration & settlement

Description matérielle
48 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm

Note générale
Includes index.

Terme de vedette-matière
Migration, Internal.
 
Emigration and immigration.
 
Human settlements.
 
Cities and towns -- Growth.
 
Land use -- Environmental aspects.

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780778751793
 
9780778751946

Informations de publication
St. Catherines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub., [2010]
 
©2010


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Elizabeth Finch333.77 MORBook31459000037334Non-Fiction