The future of nature documents of global change
Introduction: Documenting global change -- Population: Are we too many, or are we too greedy? -- Sustainability: Are we limited by knowledge or resources? -- Geographies: Are human and natural futures determined or chosen? -- "The environment": How did the idea emerge? -- Ecology: How do w...
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New Haven u.a.
Yale Univ. Press
2013
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: Documenting global change -- Population: Are we too many, or are we too greedy? -- Sustainability: Are we limited by knowledge or resources? -- Geographies: Are human and natural futures determined or chosen? -- "The environment": How did the idea emerge? -- Ecology: How do we understand natural systems? -- Technology: Does technology create more problems than it solves? -- Climate: How can we predict change? -- Diversity: Why do we need it, and can we conserve it? -- Measuring: How do we turn the world into data? -- The anthropocene: How can we live in a world where there is no nature without people? "This anthology provides a historical overview of the scientific ideas behind environmental prediction and how, as predictions about environmental change have been taken more seriously and widely, they have affected politics, policy, and public perception."-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 564 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780300184617 978-0-300-18461-7 0300184611 0-300-18461-1 |