David C. Pitt
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Description
Charles David Pitt was a professor of sociology and anthropology born in Wellington, New Zealand. He passed away in Geneva, Switzerland in 2016. Obitury by Cluny Macpherson printed in New Zealand Sociology journal (print ISSN:0112-921X) Vol.31, Iss.1, p224-227, published 2016. Genres: Anthropology/ Ethnology, Sociology, Environmental sciences/Ecology, Geography, International relations/Current affairs. Career: Chargé de Recherches, Institut International de recherches pour la paix, Geneva, since 1984. Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Victoria, B.C., 1965- 67; Professor of Sociology, University of Waikato, 1968-71, and University of Auckland, 1971-79. Consultant, International Labour Organization, 1968- 70, Unesco, 1970-71, and World Health Organization, 1979-83. Genres & Career sourced from encyclopedia.com
Books
Mountain World in Danger
The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century. This book describes, for the first time, the effects of these phenomena on the high mountains and the forests of Europe. Mountains and the frozen regions (the cryosphere) not only play a major part in our climatic system, but are also central to our water supplies. Yet our glaciers are shrinking, our lakes and soils are becoming acidified, our forests are damaged and the whole fragile ecosystem of ranges like the Alps and the Caucasus is threatened. Nilsson and Pitt present the evidence and assess the probable effects of these changes on mountain society, tourism, water, flora and fauna. They also examine the uncertainties. Above all they look, too, at the best possible strategies in response to What is happening and at what the next steps should be.