The Impact of Climate Change on Our Life The Questions of Sustainability /

This book introduces the highly topical issue from many different angles, sensitizing readers to the various challenges to human life posed by climate change, identifying possible intentional and inadvertent anthropogenic factors and consequences, and seeking socially and environmentally viable solu...

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Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Singapore : Springer Singapore , 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
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