{"product_id":"a-primer-on-human-impacts-on-the-environment-9781119642657","title":"A Primer on Human Impacts on the Environment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insightful and illuminating discussion of the impact humans have had on Earth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Primer on Human Impacts on the Environment: The Conceptual Approach\u003c\/i\u003e, distinguished environmental scientist Liam Heneghan explores the intricate relationships between humanity and Earth in an accessible and engaging style. Replete with real-world examples and drawing from classic and contemporary scholarship, the author adapts the fundamental conceptual models of the environmental disciplines to assess the risks human beings are taking with their home planet. The conceptual approach of this primer challenges readers to think across multiple disciplines to reveal the ?big picture? that is all too often lost in the details of contemporary environmental studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will also find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA thorough introduction to conceptual modeling, showing how systems models can be adapted and applied in a rapidly changing world \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive explorations of the human impact on th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1            A Manifesto for Conceptual Thinking in Environmental Disciplines\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2            A Conceptual Approach to Environmental Science\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3            A Short Chapter on the Definition of Definitions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4           \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEverything is connected (but some things are more connected than are others)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5            Complex Environmental Systems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6            All or nothing? Or, what, exactly, is an environment?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7            Life and environment: the indissoluble link\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8            Gaia, the Noösphere, and the Anthropocene\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9            The Anthropocene and the Concept of Limits\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10          Limited and limiting models\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11          Collapse and the Anthropocene\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12          How to conceive a (climate) crisis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13          Risking Life: Basics of Biological Diversity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14          Risking life: Is the Sixth Extinction Catastrophic?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15          Conceiving a Future: the need for interdisciplinarity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16          The Three Futures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407107367255,"sku":"9781119642657","price":42.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119642657.jpg?v=1730498201","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-primer-on-human-impacts-on-the-environment-9781119642657","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}