Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ540227
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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The Human Transformation of the Earth's Surface.
Roberts, Neil
International Social Science Journal, v48 n150 n4 p493-510 Dec 1996
Reviews the tremendous transformation that human beings have wrought on the earth's surface from the Holocene to the present. Traces this transformation through various stages: the emergence and development of agriculture, agricultural impact and land degradation, ecological and political imperialism, industrialization, and environmental pollution. (MJP)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Built Environment, Earth Science, Ecology, Economic Development, Environmental Influences, Geographic Concepts, Geography, Higher Education, Human Geography, Industrialization, Land Use, Natural Resources, Physical Geography, Pollution, Population Growth, Science and Society, Topography
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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