Charts the emerging world awareness of environmental issues. Provides an A-Z glossary of key terms, a comprehensive directory, an extensive bibliography, detailed maps and a Who's Who.

Examining environmental issues throughout the world, this reference title contains thorough definitions and explanations of terms relating to the environment. The volume includes detailed maps, an extensive bibliography and a Who's Who section, making this an essential one-stop reference work for anyone interested in environmental issues. (Midwest).

The standard reference work on environmental issues throughout the world.

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Entries cover environmental issues, scientific terms, agricultural hazards, land use, and legal and social aspects of environmental protection

This fully updated, full-color fourth edition of the award-winning Environmental Encyclopedia features approximately 1, 300 signed articles providing in-depth, worldwide coverage of environmental topics and issues. Articles are written in nontechnical language, providing current status and analysis, and suggesting solutions whenever possible. Entries range from 200-2, 000 words and many are accompanied by full-color images and diagrams. Multidisciplinary in scope, the Environmental Encyclopedia is the perfect resource for environmental studies and sciences classes as well as other disciplines touching on environmental issues.

The encyclopedia assembles information from fields of knowledge relevant to the study of environmental issues such as biology, geology, anthropology, demographics, genetics, and engineering. It explains their interrelationships in terms that are easily understood by nonspecialists. 475 articles. 300 Tables, Charts, Graphs, and Photographs. Directories of Environmental Organizations and National Parks. Time Line. Glossary. Bibliography. Subject Index. Categorized List of Entries.