Planetary Overload

Anthony J. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) McMichael

Cambridge University Press, 1993

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The human race faces many threats to its health - perhaps to its survival. Our burgeoning numbers, technology and consumption are overloading Earth's capacity to absorb, replenish and repair. These global environmental problems pose health risks, not just from localised pollution, but from damaged life-support systems. Might we, too, become an 'endangered species'?

ISBN-13
9780521441384
ISBN-10
0521441382
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1993
Publication date
1993-10-07
Pages
372
Dimensions
235x162x29
Weight
704