Nature's Geography: New Lessons for Conservation in Developing Countries

by Karl S. Zimmerer

Book Overview

Developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are increasingly influenced by human-induced environmental changes. It is crucial that sustainable development be based on insights into these expanding processes--conservation as well as deterioration. Nature's Geography offers a new perspective on the geographical nature of these changes. The book reveals how human-environment relations must be understood at multiple scales and time...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299159140
• ISBN13: 9780299159146
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"