The Earth as Transformed by Human Action: Global and Regional Changes in the Biosphere over the Past 300 Years

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Summary

The purpose of this book is to document the changes in the biosphere that have taken place over the last 300 years.

Foreword
Preface
1. The great transformation
Part I. Changes in Population and Society: 2. Long-term population change
3. Population
4. Technological change
5. Institutions, organizations and cultural values
6. The increasing separation of production and consumption
7. Urbanization
8. Awareness of human impacts: changing attitudes and emphases
Part II. Transformations of the Global Environment: Long-term perspective
9. Long-term environmental change
Land
10. Land transformation
11. Forests
12. Soils
13. Sediment transfer and siltation
Water
14. Use and transformation of terrestrial water systems
15. Water quality and flows
16. The coastal zone
Oceans and Atmosphere
17. Atmospheric trace constituents
18. Marine environment
19. Climate
Biota
20. Terrestrial fauna
21. Marine biota
22. Flora
Chemicals and Radiation
23. Carbon
24. Sulphur
25. Nitrogen and phosphorus
26. Trace pollutants
27. The ionizing radiations
Part III. Regional Studies of Transformation: Long-term perspective
28. Huang-Huai-Hai plain
Tropical frontiers
29. Amazonia
30. Borneo and Malay peninsular
Highlands
31. Caucasia
32. East Africa Highlands
Plains
33. The Russian plain
34. The United States great plains
Populous South
35. The basin of Mexico
36. Nigeria
Populous North
37. Sweden
38. Hudson-Raritan Basin
39. Switzerland
Part IV. Understanding Transformations: 40. The realm of meaning
41. The realm of social relations: towards an integrative theory
42. The realm of cultural ecology: adaptation and change in historical perspective
Postscript.