Environmental Change and Challenge

Environmental Change and Challenge helps students understand the ongoing change, complexity and conflict associated with environmental issues. Introducing the basic scientific concepts relevant to study of the global environment, this text explains the application of science to resource management. The book aids students with an understanding of the biosphere's function, and to link basic environmental management principles to environmental and resource problems in a Canadian context. It provides both a basic background of the issues and a broad platform on which further understanding can be built.