TY - BOOK AU - MIDDLETON NICK TI - The global casino: An introduction to environmental studies SN - 0340719699 PY - 1999/// CY - UK PB - Arnold KW - ENVIRONMENT KW - Foundation Certificate N1 - AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENT ISSUES; This comprehensive introduction to environmental issues highlights the underlying causes behind environmental problems, the human actions that have made them issues, and the hope for solutions. The text shifts the focus from issues linked to specific environments to more generic issues; The physical environment; the human environment; sustainable development; tropical deforestation; desertification; oceans; coastal problems; rivers, lakes and wetlands; big dams; urban environments; climatic change; acid rain; food production; soil erosion; biodiversity loss; transport; waste management; energy production; mining; war; natural hazards ER -