Regions at risk : comparisons of threatened environments / edited by Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson, and B.L. Turner II.

"This book has been published in cooperation with the Commission on Critical Environmental Situations and Regions, the International Geographical Union." -- t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Critical environmental regions: Concepts, distinctions, and issues / Roger E. Kasperson, Jeanne X. Kasperson, B. L. Turner II, Kirstin Dow and William B. Meyer -- 2. Amazonia / Nigel J. H. Smith, Paulo de T. Alvim, Emanuel Adilson S. Serrao and Italo C. Falesi -- 3. The Aral Sea basin / Nikita F. Glazovsky -- 4. The Nepal middle mountains / N. S. Jodha -- 5. The Ukambani region of Kenya / Dianne Rocheleau, Patricia Benjamin and Alex Diang'a -- 6. The Llano Estacado of the American Southern High Plains / Elizabeth Brooks and Jacque Emel -- 7. The Basin of Mexico / Adrian Guillermo Aguilar, Exequiel Ezcurra, Teresa Garcia, Marisa Mazari Hiriart and Irene Pisanty -- 8. The North Sea / Julie Argent and Timothy O'Riordan -- 9. The Ordos Plateau of China / Hong Jiang, Peiyuan Zhang, Du Zheng and Fenghui Wang -- 10. The eastern Sundaland region of South-East Asia / Lesley Potter, Harold Brookfield and Yvonne Byron --

11. Comparisons and Conclusions / B. L. Turner II, Jeanne X. Kasperson, Roger E. Kasperson, Kirstin Dow and William B. Meyer.

Human-induced environmental change is to be found throughout the world, but there are areas that scientists consider to be "critical regions" - regions that are particularly vulnerable to or suffering from environmental degradation.