Chris C. Park

A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation

Taschenbuch - Oxford University Press - 1. Auflage -2008

Das englischsprachige Wörterbuch »A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation« führt mehr als 8500 Eintragungen über die Themen Umweltwissenschaft und Umweltschutz.
Der Autor stellt den gesellschaftlichen Aspekt und dessen globale Tragweite für die Umweltwissenschaft sowie der Ökologie in den Fokus. Das Werk enthält zusätzlich über 30 hervorgehobene Eintragungen, den Schlüsselthemen, wie z.B. Luftverschmutzung, Tschernobyl, El Nino etc.
Im Anhang behandelt der Autor eine Auswahl ähnlicher Fachgebiete samt Web-Links, internationalen Umweltverträgen, der Beaufort-Skala, der Richter Skala und der geologischen Zeitskala.
Verfasst wurde dieses Wörterbuch für Studenten der Umweltwissenschaften oder ähnlicher Fachgebiete, für Berufstätige im Umweltbereich und für Leser, die sich für die Themen Umwelt und Umweltschutz interessieren.

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Der Klapptext im Englischen:

This informative dictionary contains over 8,500 entries on all aspects of the environment and conservation. International in scope, it embraces a broad spectrum of environmental areas including sustainable development, biodiversity, conservation, environmental ethics, philosophy, and history, resource management, sociology, and policy on the environment. In addition to its wide-ranging, concise definitions, it includes longer key entries on topics such as Antarctica, Gaia hypothesis, genetic engineering, the Kyoto Protocol, and the United Nations Conference on Environmental Development. The dictionary is uniquely comprehensive in that it addresses the social, legal, political, and economic aspects of the environment and conservation as well as the scientific terms. Coverage includes international treaties, movements, trusts and organizations, as well as biographies of key figures in environmental science. It also boasts wide coverage of terms relating to rural/community development and participation, an area with an increasingly key role in managing the environment and biodiversity. This places the subject of the environment firmly in a human as well as a scientific context. The dictionary is supplemented with an invaluable selection of 10 appendices, including international hazard assessment scales (including the Beaufort scale, the Richter scale, and the Fujita tornado scale), the geological timescale, and a list of useful websites for further study. Concise and wide-ranging, this is an essential work of reference for students and professionals, and anyone with an interest in the environment and conservation.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

• Introduction
• Contents
• A to Z entries
• Appendix 1
  Sources of online data on the environment
• Appendix 2
  International environment treaties
• Appendix 3
  The Beaufort scale of wind strength
• Appendix 4
  The Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale
• Appendix 5
  The Fujita scale of tornado intensity
• Appendix 6
  Torino asteroid and comet impact hazard scale
• Appendix 7
  Richter earthquake magnitude and modified Mercalli earthquake intensity scales
• Appendix 8
  The geological timescale
• Appendix 9
  Chemical elements
• Appendix 10
  Si units and conversions

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