Hong Kong's Wild Places
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1995
Oxford University Press (China) Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-19-586601-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (China) Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-19-586601-8 (ISBN)
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In this work the reader follows Edward Stokes on a journey across Hong Kong's natural landscape, learning along the way the story of Hong Kong's environment. By way of photographs and narrative the author takes us through towering peaks, grassy hills, wooded valleys and coastal waters.
In this evocative book the reader follows Edward Stokes on an unforgettable journey across Hong Kong's natural landscape, learning along the way the story of Hong Kong's environment. By way of photographs and entertaining narrative the author takes us through Hong Kong's wild places - towering peaks, grassy hills, wooded valleys, and coastal waters - revealing the surprisingly varied life that survives among them. This book documents the dramatic changes to Hong Kong's hills, valleys, and coasts, from their natural origins millions of years ago to the effects of overdevelopment in the 1990s. The author brings to light the unrelenting natural and man-made challenges to Hong Kong's environment - climatic conditions, population pressure, industrialization, and pollution. He celebrates the present beauty and grandeur of the remaining wild places, and highlights the recent damage wrought by man.
In this evocative book the reader follows Edward Stokes on an unforgettable journey across Hong Kong's natural landscape, learning along the way the story of Hong Kong's environment. By way of photographs and entertaining narrative the author takes us through Hong Kong's wild places - towering peaks, grassy hills, wooded valleys, and coastal waters - revealing the surprisingly varied life that survives among them. This book documents the dramatic changes to Hong Kong's hills, valleys, and coasts, from their natural origins millions of years ago to the effects of overdevelopment in the 1990s. The author brings to light the unrelenting natural and man-made challenges to Hong Kong's environment - climatic conditions, population pressure, industrialization, and pollution. He celebrates the present beauty and grandeur of the remaining wild places, and highlights the recent damage wrought by man.
Edward Stokes is a photographer, writer, and conservationist, who grew up in Hong Kong and came to love wild country.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.1995 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | numerous colour photographs, endpaper maps |
| Verlagsort | Quarry Bay |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Reisen ► Bildbände ► Asien | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-586601-0 / 0195866010 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-586601-8 / 9780195866018 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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