A Dictionary of Environmental Quotations

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ISBN: 9780132105767 | 0132105764
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/1/1992

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Preface
Acid rain	p. 1
Aesthetics	p. 2
Affluence	p. 5
Agriculture	p. 6
Air	p. 9
Air pollution	p. 10
Animal rights	p. 14
Automobiles	p. 15
Biodiversity	p. 17
Biotechnology	p. 20
Birds	p. 21
Chemicals	p. 22
Cities	p. 24
Citizen action	p. 26
Climate	p. 29
Coasts	p. 30
Common resources	p. 31
Conservation	p. 33
Conservation movement	p. 38
Consumerism	p. 40
Dams and water projects	p. 42
Deforestation	p. 44
Deserts and desertification	p. 46
Developers	p. 47
Drinking water	p. 48
Earth	p. 26
Earth Day	p. 54
Ecologists	p. 55
Ecology	p. 56
Economic growth	p. 60
Economics	p. 62
Economics, GNP	p. 64
Economics, incentives	p. 65
Economics, steady-state	p. 65
Economics, valuation	p. 66
Ecosystems	p. 67
Education	p. 68
Endangered species	p. 69
Energy	p. 74
Energy conservation	p. 77
Energy policy	p. 78
Engineers	p. 80
Environment	p. 81
Environmental degradation	p. 82
Environmental impacts	p. 86
Environmentalists	p. 88
Environmental movement	p. 94
Estuaries	p. 102
Ethics	p. 103
Fisheries	p. 107
Forestry	p. 108
Forests	p. 109
Future	p. 111
Gaia hypothesis	p. 113
Global environment	p. 114
Government	p. 116
Greenhouse effect	p. 120
Green Revolution	p. 121
Groundwater	p. 122
Hazardous wastes	p. 123
Health	p. 124
Highways	p. 125
Historic preservation	p. 127
History	p. 128
Holism	p. 129
Human adaptation	p. 131
Humankind and environment	p. 133
Humankind and nature	p. 142
Hunting	p. 150
Indigenous people	p. 153
Indoor environment	p. 155
Industry	p. 156
Insects	p. 159
International development	p. 160
International governance	p. 163
Land	p. 165
Land use	p. 169
Law	p. 172
Lifestyle	p. 175
Limits	p. 176
Mining	p. 180
Mountains	p. 181
National parks	p. 182
National security	p. 184
Natural disasters	p. 185
Natural resources	p. 185
Nature	p. 189
Nature, control of	p. 196
Noise	p. 199
Nuclear energy	p. 202
Ocean pollution	p. 206
Oceans	p. 207
Oil and gas	p. 209
Oil spills	p. 211
Open space	p. 211
Outer space	p. 212
Ozone layer	p. 213
Parks	p. 214
Pesticides	p. 216
Planning, foresight	p. 217
Planning, land use	p. 219
Plants	p. 220
Politics	p. 222
Pollution	p. 225
Pollution control	p. 228
Pollution prevention	p. 229
Population	p. 231
Population control	p. 235
Population impacts	p. 238
Poverty	p. 242
Public lands	p. 243
Quality of life	p. 245
Radiation	p. 248
Recreation	p. 249
Recycling	p. 250
Regulation	p. 251
Religion	p. 253
Risk	p. 256
Rivers	p. 258
Rural areas	p. 260
Science	p. 261
Soil	p. 262
Solar energy	p. 265
Solid wastes	p. 266
Suburbs	p. 268
Sustainable development	p. 270
Technology	p. 271
Tourism	p. 275
Towns	p. 276
Trees	p. 277
Tropical forests	p. 279
Urban environment	p. 280
Waste and wastes	p. 284
Water	p. 285
Water pollution	p. 288
Weather	p. 290
Wetlands	p. 291
Wilderness	p. 292
Wildlife	p. 298
Wildlife refuges	p. 303
Workplace environment	p. 303
Zoning	p. 305
Zoos	p. 306
Author index	p. 309
Subject index	p. 323
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