The Resource Fragile Earth : views of a changing world
Fragile Earth : views of a changing world
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Resource Information
The item Fragile Earth : views of a changing world represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Natural disasters, climate change, the exploitation of the world's resources and human development are changing our planet at a relentless pace. Now, using stunning images from the air, land and space, this large format book brings together the most dramatic natural and man-made events
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Restless Earth : natural phenomena (Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides and avalanches)
- Extreme storms : wild weather (Tropical storms, tornadoes, dust storms, snow)
- Man-made world : building and development (Creating land, controlling water, expanding cities, travel and transportation)
- Damaged world : man's impact (Deforestation, conflict, pollution)
- Big thaw : warming world (Polar ice, shrinking glaciers, rising sea level)
- Parched Earth : deserts and drought (Advancing deserts, drought and fire, shrinking lakes, drying rivers)
- Water's power : coast and flood (Changing coastlines, rivers in flood)
- Future views : changing world
- Observing change : watching the world (Earth observation)
- Isbn
- 9780007233144
- Label
- Fragile Earth : views of a changing world
- Title
- Fragile Earth
- Title remainder
- views of a changing world
- Subject
-
- Earth (Planet)
- Earth (Planet)
- Earth (Planet) -- Pictorial works
- Earth Pictorial works
- Earth sciences
- Earth sciences
- Earth sciences -- Pictorial works
- Earth sciences Pictorial works
- Global environmental change
- Global environmental change
- Meteorology
- Meteorology
- Meteorology -- Pictorial works
- Meteorology Pictorial works
- Natural disasters
- Natural disasters
- Natural disasters -- Pictorial works
- Natural disasters Pictorial works
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Pictorial works
- Nature Effect of human beings on Pictorial works
- Pictorial works
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Natural disasters, climate change, the exploitation of the world's resources and human development are changing our planet at a relentless pace. Now, using stunning images from the air, land and space, this large format book brings together the most dramatic natural and man-made events
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- Dewey number
- 550
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GB5014
- LC item number
- .F73 2006b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Natural disasters
- Global environmental change
- Meteorology
- Earth sciences
- Nature
- Natural disasters
- Meteorology
- Earth sciences
- Nature
- Earth (Planet)
- Earth (Planet)
- Earth sciences
- Global environmental change
- Meteorology
- Natural disasters
- Nature
- Earth (Planet)
- Natural disasters Pictorial works
- Meteorology Pictorial works
- Earth sciences Pictorial works
- Nature Effect of human beings on Pictorial works
- Earth Pictorial works
- Label
- Fragile Earth : views of a changing world
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Restless Earth : natural phenomena (Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides and avalanches) -- Extreme storms : wild weather (Tropical storms, tornadoes, dust storms, snow) -- Man-made world : building and development (Creating land, controlling water, expanding cities, travel and transportation) -- Damaged world : man's impact (Deforestation, conflict, pollution) -- Big thaw : warming world (Polar ice, shrinking glaciers, rising sea level) -- Parched Earth : deserts and drought (Advancing deserts, drought and fire, shrinking lakes, drying rivers) -- Water's power : coast and flood (Changing coastlines, rivers in flood) -- Future views : changing world -- Observing change : watching the world (Earth observation)
- Control code
- ocm69021905
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Isbn
- 9780007233144
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, color maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o69021905
- (OCoLC)69021905
- Label
- Fragile Earth : views of a changing world
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Restless Earth : natural phenomena (Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides and avalanches) -- Extreme storms : wild weather (Tropical storms, tornadoes, dust storms, snow) -- Man-made world : building and development (Creating land, controlling water, expanding cities, travel and transportation) -- Damaged world : man's impact (Deforestation, conflict, pollution) -- Big thaw : warming world (Polar ice, shrinking glaciers, rising sea level) -- Parched Earth : deserts and drought (Advancing deserts, drought and fire, shrinking lakes, drying rivers) -- Water's power : coast and flood (Changing coastlines, rivers in flood) -- Future views : changing world -- Observing change : watching the world (Earth observation)
- Control code
- ocm69021905
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Isbn
- 9780007233144
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, color maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o69021905
- (OCoLC)69021905
Subject
- Earth (Planet)
- Earth (Planet)
- Earth (Planet) -- Pictorial works
- Earth Pictorial works
- Earth sciences
- Earth sciences
- Earth sciences -- Pictorial works
- Earth sciences Pictorial works
- Global environmental change
- Global environmental change
- Meteorology
- Meteorology
- Meteorology -- Pictorial works
- Meteorology Pictorial works
- Natural disasters
- Natural disasters
- Natural disasters -- Pictorial works
- Natural disasters Pictorial works
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Pictorial works
- Nature Effect of human beings on Pictorial works
- Pictorial works
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