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Battleground: Environment [Two Volumes]
Robert Wiliam Collin

0-313-33865-5/978-0-313-33865-6

Description
Provides a handy resource for understanding the most controversial environmental issues of the day.

Reviews:
-[O]ffers more than 100 A-to-Z entries on various controversial environmental topics, with a table of contents and a guide to related topics to aid discovery. The entires are concise, between two to four pages long, but they are informative, offering contextual and historical overviews, legal background, examples of local incidents and events, and projections. Also included at the end of each entry is a list of web resources, suggestions for further reading, and other suggested entries of interest....The main advantage of this set over others is its strong focus on and description of policy and legal issues. It provides a basic and impartial overview for students new to these topics. Recommended for larger high school libraries, public libraries, and college and university libraries serving lower-division undergraduates. —Library Journal
-"This two-volume work approaches environmental issues from a cross-disciplinary perspective. Topics range from acid rain to wind energy...Recommended. All libraries supporting lower-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners; general readers." —CHOICE
-"This two-volume reference covers in a very down to earth way some of the most interesting and controversial environmental topics...this insightful, easy-to-read reference set is a great starting point for the consumer, student, and teacher who wishes to understand any of over 100 of the hot topic environmental issues that face us now and will continue to impact us in the future. This set is recommended for high school libraries, public libraries, and academic libraries." —ARBA
About the Author
ROBERT WILLIAM COLLIN is a scholar in law, urban planning, and social work. He is currently the Senior Research Scholar at Willamette University and adjunct Professor of Law there, and at Lewis and Clark Law School. He has taught Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon, the University of Virginia, Cambridge University in England, and Auckland University in New Zealand. He is the author of The Environmental Protection Agency (Greenwood, 2005).
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