Titre : |
Man in tropical Africa : the environmental predicament |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Owen, D. F. |
Mention d'édition : |
Oxford University Press |
Editeur : |
Oxford University Press |
Année de publication : |
1973 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-19-519746-4 |
Note générale : |
Some of the most rapid environmental changes that have ever occurred on earth are now taking place in tropical Africa, maintains Professor Owen. In the Western mind, ecological problems have come to be associated with the now-apparent effects of industrialization-pollution, over-consumption, over-population, destruction or erosion of the countryside. It is, however, to a large extend biological factors that have continually handicapped the less developed areas of the world. Professor Owen examines these factors in tropical Africa and the ways in which disease, pests, and mutritional deficiencies are being combatted to improve health, productivity, and economic well-being... |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Environnement Pollution Ecologie Plante adventice Maladie parasitaire végétale Alimentation humaine Zone rurale |
Index. décimale : |
363.7 Environnement : classer ici la protection de l'environnement |
Résumé : |
Some of the most rapid environmental changes that have ever occurred on earth are now taking place in tropical Africa, maintains Professor Owen. In the Western mind, ecological problems have come to be associated with the now-apparent effects of industrialization-pollution, over-consumption, over-population, destruction or erosion of the countryside. It is, however, to a large extend biological factors that have continually handicapped the less developed areas of the world. Professor Owen examines these factors in tropical Africa and the ways in which disease, pests, and mutritional deficiencies are being combatted to improve health, productivity, and economic well-being... |
Note de contenu : |
Some of the most rapid environmental changes that have ever occurred on earth are now taking place in tropical Africa, maintains Professor Owen. In the Western mind, ecological problems have come to be associated with the now-apparent effects of industrialization-pollution, over-consumption, over-population, destruction or erosion of the countryside. It is, however, to a large extend biological factors that have continually handicapped the less developed areas of the world. Professor Owen examines these factors in tropical Africa and the ways in which disease, pests, and mutritional deficiencies are being combatted to improve health, productivity, and economic well-being... |
Man in tropical Africa : the environmental predicament [texte imprimé] / Owen, D. F. . - Oxford University Press . - Oxford University Press, 1973. ISBN : 978-0-19-519746-4 Some of the most rapid environmental changes that have ever occurred on earth are now taking place in tropical Africa, maintains Professor Owen. In the Western mind, ecological problems have come to be associated with the now-apparent effects of industrialization-pollution, over-consumption, over-population, destruction or erosion of the countryside. It is, however, to a large extend biological factors that have continually handicapped the less developed areas of the world. Professor Owen examines these factors in tropical Africa and the ways in which disease, pests, and mutritional deficiencies are being combatted to improve health, productivity, and economic well-being... Langues : Anglais ( eng)
Mots-clés : |
Environnement Pollution Ecologie Plante adventice Maladie parasitaire végétale Alimentation humaine Zone rurale |
Index. décimale : |
363.7 Environnement : classer ici la protection de l'environnement |
Résumé : |
Some of the most rapid environmental changes that have ever occurred on earth are now taking place in tropical Africa, maintains Professor Owen. In the Western mind, ecological problems have come to be associated with the now-apparent effects of industrialization-pollution, over-consumption, over-population, destruction or erosion of the countryside. It is, however, to a large extend biological factors that have continually handicapped the less developed areas of the world. Professor Owen examines these factors in tropical Africa and the ways in which disease, pests, and mutritional deficiencies are being combatted to improve health, productivity, and economic well-being... |
Note de contenu : |
Some of the most rapid environmental changes that have ever occurred on earth are now taking place in tropical Africa, maintains Professor Owen. In the Western mind, ecological problems have come to be associated with the now-apparent effects of industrialization-pollution, over-consumption, over-population, destruction or erosion of the countryside. It is, however, to a large extend biological factors that have continually handicapped the less developed areas of the world. Professor Owen examines these factors in tropical Africa and the ways in which disease, pests, and mutritional deficiencies are being combatted to improve health, productivity, and economic well-being... |
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