Publisher's Synopsis
This book broadens out from climate change to consider a wide range of processes and problems. In many ways this book is an extended look at'what is taking place in relation to international environmental problems today'. This book begins by considering the environmental implications of global and historical development trends - population growth, industrialisation and urbanisation - which help to shape the environmental problems we face. It then focuses on how global environmental resources such as water, biodiversity and agricultural land are managed internationally, nationally and at a local level and concludes by addressing the international political, legal and economic dimensions of global environmental governance.
