Environmental Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Romero, Aldemaro (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), West, Sarah E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Ecology.; Environmental management.; Nature conservation.; Pollution.; Pollution, general.; Environment, general.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Environmental Management.; Nature Conservation.

This book is a non-technical interdisciplinary collection of 12 essays, each of which uses natural or social science methods. The essays analyze a representative set of environmental issues in Latin America and the Caribbean. They consider problems at international, regional, national, and local lev...

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