Science and the New Zealand environment
By: edited by M. J. Taylor, J.E. Hay & S.J. de Mora.
Contributors: Taylor, M. J.; Hay, John E., 1943-; De Mora, S. J.
Publisher: Dunmore Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Palmerston North, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
Subjects: New Zealand -- Environmental conditions.; Environmental sciences -- Methodology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"About environmental problem solving ... how to use science to find an acceptable solution or to make the soundest choice between conflicting alternatives ... [ for] students and educators as well as the general reader"--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Science and the environment / John Hay; title: Causes and consequences of global climate change / Tom Clarkson; title: Earthquake and volcanic hazard assessment / John Cassidy; title: Nature conservation : saving endangered species / Dick Veitch; title: Understanding the lead hazard / Jack Fergusson; title: Developing indigenous energy resources / Russell Howe; title: The Antarctic environment/Steve de Mora.