TITLE:
Changing planet : what is the environmental impact of human migration and settlement? / by Sally Morgan.
Publication Date:
2010
Publication Information:
St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub.,
Physical Description:
48 p. : ill.
Summary:
Examines how human migration and settlement has affected planet Earth. Provides many historical and modern-day examples of changes to our planet caused by migration and settlement. In countries such as India and China the urbanization of the population and the rapid growth of cities is creating pollution problems and adding to the problem of carbon emissions that are causing climate change. The growth of transport infrastructuire between our "settlements" has made the daily migration of commuting easier, another contributor to increasing carbon emissions.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780778751793
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index.
