Environmental Change and Challenge A Canadian Perspective

by Philip Dearden and Bruce Mitchell, Bruce Mitchell

This fascinating introduction to environmental studies explores contemporary issues such as drought, flooding, loss of biodiversity, ecosystem toxicity, and crop failure, while also offering the tools to understand the impacts, alternatives, and possible solutions. This fully updated and revised edition reflects the most current data, profiles the most pressing environmental hotspots both at home and abroad, and emphasizes that being informed is the key to meeting environmental challenges and affecting positive change.

624 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 1998

Reviews

[Ben · Rating 2 out of 5]

As someone who took the science stream in high school and continued to take science-based courses in university, this book is very basic. If you have a science background/are strong in the discipline, I would recommend looking for a more in-depth/challenging book.