Introduction to Global Change Science: Second Edition

Author: Zhu Cheng et al
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Introduction to Global Change Science introduces the fundamental theories of global change research and is a systematic college textbook in the field of global change science in China. This book is a research achievement of the 21st Century Education Reform Project of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education. It primarily introduces the formation process, main research content, significance, theories, research methods, and latest research progress in the international forefront of global change science. The book is divided into four parts: "Basic Issues of Global Change Research," "Main Methods of Global Change Research," "Environmental Evolution and Global Change," and "Human Activities and Global Change," with a total of 13 chapters. The first and second parts introduce the basic issues and main methods of global change research, while the third and fourth parts cover environmental evolution and human activities in relation to global change. This book is suitable as a required textbook for majors such as Physical Geography, Quaternary Geology, Land Resource Management, Marine Geology, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, and Human Geography in higher education institutions. It can also serve as an important reference book for researchers in Earth Science, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, History, and Archaeology.