| Europe: A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues Contributor(s): Hillstrom, Kevin (Author), Hillstrom, Laurie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1576076865 ISBN-13: 9781576076866 Publisher: ABC-CLIO OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Reference |
| Dewey: 363.700 |
| LCCN: 2002156275 |
| Series: World's Environments |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 9.44" (1.11 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Europe, one of six titles in The World's Environments series, tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies surrounding the continent's environmental past, its complicated present, and its uncertain future.
Europe looks at the catastrophes--in January 2000, a massive spill of cyanide and heavy metals from a gold mining operation in Romania destroyed all biological life in the Tisza, Hungary's second biggest river. The poisons traveled 1,000 kilometers through Hungary and Yugoslavia, where they wreaked havoc on the Danube. It also examines the progress--European society has shown a greater interest in renewable energy technologies than most other industrialized regions in the last 30 years. Serving as both a blueprint for the future, as well as a roadmap of the past, this book offers a gripping look at Europe's ecological history. |