Environment in Poland: Issues and Solutions - Softcover

Nowicki, Maciej

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9401047596 ISBN 13: 9789401047593

Verlag: Springer, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

than 6,000 hectares of arable land turn The second half of the twentieth century will pass into history as an epoch that saw great irreversibly into desert (Tolba, 1992).

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor

than 6,000 hectares of arable land turn The second half of the twentieth century will pass into history as an epoch that saw great irreversibly into desert (Tolba, 1992). During the last 30 years, human activity acceleration in technological development, the birth of electronics, the first space flights, and has created new deserts in Africa and Asia covering areas as large as Saudi Arabia. evolutionary developments in information sci­ ence, transportation and materials technol­ Intensive exploitation of the land has led to accelerated erosion of the best soils, and the ogies. Rapid industrial development spurred a significant increase in gross product on process is intensifying in parts of India, China, Russia, Ukraine and the United States. Without a global scale. Between 1950 and 1990 the global population doubled, but gross product urgent remedial action these trends could lead to complete impoverishment of these areas in increased fivefold and its value sevenfold (Brown, 1991). the decades ahead (Brown, 1984).

Reseña del editor

This book is unique in providing for the first time a concise summary of the state of Polish environment, a background to the current issues (political, economic and social) and the way forward. As a part of the ongoing national and international debate it proposes strategy for the restructuring of the Polish industry, energy sector, transport system, agriculture and restoration of the natural environment. The author presents the view that the only way for the Polish economy in the future is sustainable development. The book describes the current major environmental pollution issues in Poland and proposes strategies for its renewal as a sustainable development of the whole economy.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9401047596
• ISBN 13: 9789401047593
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 196
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: CMN Printpool Inh. Mathis Neumann; https://www.also.com/ec/cms5/en_6000/6000/index.jsp; ; Friedrich-Karl-Str. 9; Hamburg; Deutschland