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ISBN: 9780979408137
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Languages : en
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Crossroads for Planet Earth Seminar Proceedings
Author: Crossroads for Planet Earth
Author: Scientific American EditorsPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780805382815
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Languages : en
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A collection of nine accessible and dynamic articles from Scientific American magazine, presenting key issues in environmental science from the past year.
Crossroads for Planet Earth
Author: Environment & Crossroads Planet Earth Pkg
Author: ANONIMOPublisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780321416292
Category : Education
Languages : en
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World At The Crossroads: New Conflicts New Solutions A - Proceedings Of The 43rd Pugwash Conference On Science And World Affairs
Author: Joseph RotblatPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814550132
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Languages : en
Pages : 654
Book Description
Photonics and nanotechnology are popular emerging fields of technology. This proceedings volume contains over 12 selected papers from the International Workshop and Conference on Photonics and Nanotechnology (ICPN) 2007, held in Pattaya, Thailand, from December 16-18, 2007. The papers cover a wide range of topics, from optical and nonlinear optical physics to nanoelectronics.
Earth at a Crossroads
Author: Hartmut BosselPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521630054
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
We are fast becoming a global society. Flagging economies and social problems, environmental pollution and ecological destruction are burdens that fall on the shoulders of our international community. As we stand on the threshold of the twenty-first century, we search for cooperative answers to take us through the next millennium, and are confronted with the task of establishing a future that is both environmentally and socially sustainable. Earth at a Crossroads offers an integrated view for the development of human society within the natural environment on which it depends for support. The book stresses the dynamic and interconnected nature of feedback processes, traces possible future paths of societal development and their impacts, determines their sustainability, and points at necessary changes. Two alternative visions of the future are presented: Path A resulting from continuation of current trends, and a contrasting Path B that would result from adhering to principles of sustainability and protection of the natural system in the interests of future generations. This book will become an important reference in the discussion of global society's path into the next millennium. It will be a valuable read for anyone looking forward to a healthier world, and a well-thumbed resource for environmental scientists and policy-makers. Hartmut Bossel received his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of ten books and over 300 papers. His research includes studies of agricultural policy for the German Bundestag.
Water Engineering and Management through Time
Author: Enrique CabreraPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203836731
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Water Engineering and Management - Learning from History explores the pair technology / water use (an indivisible pair, since the first member of the binomial determines the second) which, in the light of the knowledge available in the 21st century and with a conception focused on the near future, goes beyond the limits set by nature itself. T
The Globalization of Environmental Crisis
Author: Jan OosthoekPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317968956
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Previously published as a special issue of Globalizations, this collection of essays addresses what is arguably the most pressing and urgent issue of our day - the continuing development of global environmental crises and the need for new and urgent responses to them by the world community. The contributors include social scientists, environmental historians, anthropologists, and science policy researchers, and together they give an overview of the history of the globalization of environmental crisis over the past several decades, both in terms of the science of measurement and the types of policy and public responses that have emerged to date. The specific issue areas addressed in the book cover a wide range of topics, including international environmental governance, North-South inequalities, climate change, global warming, tropical forests, air pollution, economic and paradigm shifts, sustainability, indigenous peoples and eco-conservation, EU environmental policy, the United States and politicized climate science, and more. The Globalization of Environmental Crisis will be of particular interest to all those concerned with the on-going debate over the state of the global environment and what to do about it.
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