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The earth transformed : an introduction to human impacts on the environment

276 pages : 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-263) and index 1. Introduction to the developing environmental impact -- Early days -- Developing populations -- Agricultural revolutions -- Urban and industrial revolutions -- The modern scene -- Understanding environmental transformations -- 2. The biosphere -- Fire -- The Yellowstone fires of 1988 -- Dessertification -- Desertification in north central China -- Deforestation -- Managing tropical rain forest in cameroon -- Tropical secondary forest formation -- Grasslands and heathlands: the human role -- Recent human impacts o…