Environment at risk
Subtitle: the effects of pollution
By: Louise Spilsbury
Series: Geography focus; Geography focus
Publisher: Raintree; Heinemann Library; Raintree Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781740702782; 9781406202793
Subjects: Pollution; Juvenile literature; Nature; Effect of human beings on; Environmental degradation; Environmental protection
Description: Introduces important, key stage 2 geographical themes such as: saving and recycling resources, the effects of pollution, how we use the land, migration and settlement. It looks at how research is carried out, reinforcing the pupil's own experience of geographical investigation. Ages 12+.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Risks to the environment; title: Pollution in the atmosphere; title: Changing atmosphere; title: Acid rain; title: Rising temperatures; title: Traffic pollution; title: Water pollution; title: Oil pollution; title: How does rubbish affect us?; title: Hazardous waste; title: Why do we need wild places?; title: Investigating environmental change; title: The future: reversing the changes?