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World Ecological Degradation - Accumulation, Urbanization, and Deforestation, 3000BC-AD2000 (Paperback)
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World Ecological Degradation - Accumulation, Urbanization, and Deforestation, 3000BC-AD2000 (Paperback)
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Deforestation, soil runoff, salination, pollution. While recurrent
themes of the contemporary world, they are not new to us. In this
broad sweeping review of the environmental impacts of human
settlement and development worldwide over the past 5,000 years,
Sing C. Chew shows that these processes are as old as civilization
itself. With examples ranging from Ancient Mesopotamia to Malaya,
Mycenaean Greece to Ming China, Chew shows that the processes of
population growth, intensive resource accumulation, and
urbanization in ancient and modern societies almost universally
bring on ecological disaster, which often contributes to the
decline and fall of that society. He then turns his eye to the
development of the modern European world-system and its impact on
the environment. Challenging us to change these long-term trends,
Chew also traces the existence of environmental conservation ideas
and movements over the span of 5,000 years. Can we do it? Look at
Chew's evidence of the past five millennia and decide. Ideal for
courses in environmental history, anthropology, and sociology, and
world-systems theory.
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