Natural processes and human impacts : interactions between humanity and the environment /

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Author / Creator:	Govorushko, S. M. (Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich)
Imprint:	Dordrecht : Springer, c2012.
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 657 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps.
Language:	English
Subject:	Human ecology. Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Human ecology. Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8871560

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ISBN:	9789400714243 (electronic bk.) 9400714246 (electronic bk.) 9789400714236
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This highly topical book comes at a time when the two-way relationship between humankind and the environment is moving inexorably to the top of the agenda. It covers both sides of this delicate balancing act, explaining how various natural processes influence humanity, including its economic activities and engineering structures, while also illuminating the ways in which human activity puts pressure on the natural environment. Chapters analyze a varied selection of phenomena that directly affect people's lives, from geological processes such as earthquakes and tsunamis to cosmic events such as.

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