Wetlands: A Threatened Landscape (Special Publications Series/Institute of British Geographers, No 25)

Wetlands: A Threatened Landscape (Special Publications Series/Institute of British Geographers, No 25)

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Book Description
The purpose of this comprehensive appraisal of the world's wetlands is threefold: firstly to explore and to explain the evolution, occurrence and composition of wetlands and their physical and biological dynamics; second, to consider the impact upon them of agriculture, industry, urbanization and recreation; and third, to examine what steps are being and should be taken to manage and to preserve them.

About the Author
Michael Williams is Reader in Geography at the University of Oxford. He has written and published extensively in the fields of environmental science and landscape history.

Wetlands: A Threatened Landscape (Special Publications Series/Institute of British Geographers, No 25),Michael Williams,Blackwell Publishers,0631191992,Environmental Conservation & Protection - General,Nature,Nature/Ecology

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