| Descripcion |
xii, 275 p : illus ; 21 cm. |
| Coleccion |
Van Nostrand Reinhold readers on the environment and man |
| Contents |
Contents: A dangerous game: taming the weather, by F. Sargent II.--Changing the climate, by D. S. Halacy.--An inquest on our lakes and rivers, by W. O. Douglas.--Cool, refreshing, and filthy, by L. Herber.--The haunted dump, by W. Marx.--Soil, by P. B. Sears.--Earth's green mantle, by R. Carson.--The balance of nature, by J. W. Krutch.--Conservation and the future, by S. L. Udall.--Population growth and the American way of life, by L. H. Day and A. T. Day.--Space and sprawl, by R. Rienow and L. T. Rienow.--The coming famine, by P. Ehrlich.--The rape of the Appalachians, by H. M. Caudill.--Poisons from industry, by H. R. Lewis.--Air pollution and transportation, by J. T. Middleton and W. Ott.--Man and environment, by I. L. McHarg.--Suggestions for further reading (p. 273-275). |
| Materia |
Human ecology
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