Springer 1970 First edition. 1970 ed. Hard cover Very good. No dust jacket. black cloth lightly rubbed / spine ends lightly bumped. text clean. binding solid. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 232 p. Audience: General/trade.

ISBN10: 9027701512, ISBN13: 9789027701510, [publisher: Springer] Hardcover Good condition. Good dust jacket. (pollution, environment, impact) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
[Frederick, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1970]

Springer Netherlands. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Springer Netherlands ISBN 9027701512 9789027701510 [US]

Springer. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (pollution, environment, impact) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Springer ISBN 9027701512 9789027701510 [US]

Springer, Date: 1970-06-30. Hardcover. Good. 1970. Springer ISBN 9027701512 9789027701510 [US]

ISBN10: 9027701512, ISBN13: 9789027701510, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Symposium on the Global Effects of Environmental Pollution has performed an important task; it has helped to determine the world-wide impact of certain types of local pollution and has uncovered certain unsuspected effects that might hold dan gerous implications for the future. This Symposium should help to make the world aware of a crisis that is becoming more ominous and that involves the developing as well as the developed countries - the crisis of the human environment. The causes of this crisis are not difficult to discern. There has been an unprecedented increase in the world's population, an ever-increasing rate of urbanization, and in many countries, a continuous process of industrialization. Essentially, advancing technology has made it possible for a minority of mankind to achieve affluence and holds out hope for improving the well-being of the great majority. But, because it has not been integrated into the natural environment, this very technology - in industry, in agriculture or in transport - is having many undesir able and potentially catastrophic consequences. Our air, our water and our soil are in grave danger. Many species of animal and plant life have become extinct or are facing extinction. The loss to mankind is grave and even the future oflife on earth may be in danger. The challenge is to find ways ...
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ISBN10: 9027701512, ISBN13: 9789027701510, [publisher: Springer Netherlands] Hardcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Symposium on the Global Effects of Environmental Pollution has performed an important task; it has helped to determine the world-wide impact of certain types of local pollution and has uncovered certain unsuspected effects that might hold dan gerous implications for the future. This Symposium should help to make the world aware of a crisis that is becoming more ominous and that involves the developing as well as the developed countries - the crisis of the human environment. The causes of this crisis are not difficult to discern. There has been an unprecedented increase in the world's population, an ever-increasing rate of urbanization, and in many countries, a continuous process of industrialization. Essentially, advancing technology has made it possible for a minority of mankind to achieve affluence and holds out hope for improving the well-being of the great majority. But, because it has not been integrated into the natural environment, this very technology - in industry, in agriculture or in transport - is having many undesir able and potentially catastrophic consequences. Our air, our water and our soil are in grave danger. Many species of animal and plant life have become extinct or are facing extinction. The loss to mankind is grave and even the future oflife on earth may be in danger. The challenge is to find ways ...
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