Encyclopedia of Global Change
Encyclopedia of Global Change: Environmental Change and Human Society
Andrew S. Goudie, Editor in Chief
David J Cuff, Associate Editor
Published by Oxford University Press, 2002.
This is a hefty, two volume work measuring 9" by 11" and running to a total of 1379 pages.
The work is a broad encyclopedia about global change in an environmental, meteorological, biological, and earth-science sense. The list of contributors to this work is 11 pages long, which gives some indication of its depth. It's a very serious work. The contributors come from universities in all parts of the world.
In the second volume there is a "synoptic outline of contents" that lists all of the articles. This outline is organized as follows:
The articles are written clearly and efficiently. While they do require some knowledge of science, they aim to cover the basics and do a good job of it.
This is a highly useful and important reference work.
Andrew S. Goudie, Editor in Chief
David J Cuff, Associate Editor
Published by Oxford University Press, 2002.
This is a hefty, two volume work measuring 9" by 11" and running to a total of 1379 pages.
The work is a broad encyclopedia about global change in an environmental, meteorological, biological, and earth-science sense. The list of contributors to this work is 11 pages long, which gives some indication of its depth. It's a very serious work. The contributors come from universities in all parts of the world.
In the second volume there is a "synoptic outline of contents" that lists all of the articles. This outline is organized as follows:
- Concepts of global change
- Earth and earth systems
- Principal articles
- Geologic processes
- Atmosphere
- Ocean
- Biosphere
- Principal articles
- Human factors
- Human populations
- Agriculture and fishing
- Industrial activity
- Social, cultural, and ideological factors
- Hazards to human health
- Human populations
- Resources
- Principle article
- Water and air
- Land and land use
- Mineral and energy resources
- Principle article
- Responses to global change
- Scientific and technological tools
- Economic and social policies
- Scientific and technological tools
- Agreements, Associations and Institutions
- Agreements
- Associations and Institutions
- Agreements
- Biographies
- Case studies
The articles are written clearly and efficiently. While they do require some knowledge of science, they aim to cover the basics and do a good job of it.
This is a highly useful and important reference work.