The Atlas of Global Change - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0028649567 ISBN 13: 9780028649566

Publisher: Macmillan Library Reference, 1998

Synopsis

Satellite photographs show the processes of global changes and the destruction effects of man's actions on the earth

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

From Library Journal:

What a delight! Drawn from a larger work put together by the Bertelsmann Cartographic Institute, this atlas presents 130 satellite photographs taken by the Canadian Center for Remote Sensing and then digitally manipulated and enhanced through the use of digital imagery processing, digital cartography, and geographic information systems. The resulting book is superior to the few similar sources presently available (see, e.g., Satellite Atlas of the World, National Geographic Society, 1998). The atlas uses a combination of image and text to explain natural processes and the consequences of human interventions in the natural environment. Each topic or "case study" contains a large satellite image, a location map insert with scale, several smaller time-sequenced satellite images, and a descriptive table when necessary. A sample of topics includes "The World's Largest Power Station," "Irrigation in Saudi Arabia," "The El Ni?o Phenomenon," and "Air Pollution Caused by Air Traffic." This work should be in all libraries where patrons are interested in global environmental issues, natural science, climatology, and conditions of the earth.AMichael R. Blake, Godfrey Lowell Cabot Science Lib., Harvard Univ.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Library Reference
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0028649567
• ISBN 13: 9780028649566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 164
• Editor: Beckel Lothar, Bertelsmann