First edition
Edited by David Cuff and Andrew Goudie
over 200 entries
‘Clear, thorough, and meticulously researched. An invaluable resource for our changing world.’ Elizabeth Kolbert, author, Field Notes from a Catastrophe
The Oxford Companion to Global Change is an up-to-date, comprehensive, interdisciplinary guide to the range of issues surrounding natural and human-induced changes in the Earth's environmnet. The Companion brings together current knowledge about the relations between technological, social, demographic, economic, and political factors as well as biological, chemical, and physical systems. It is an essential reference work for students, teachers, researchers, and other professionals seeking to understand any aspect of global change.
Andrew Goudie is Master, St Cross College, University of Oxford; David Cuff is Professor of Geography, Temple University (Emeritus).
Print edition ISBN: 9780195324884; 0195324889
Publishing history: First published 2008
Copyright: © Oxford University Press 2008, 2009
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