Global Ecology : Environmental Change and Social Flexibility

ISBN-13: 9780415098854 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 240 str.

Vaclav Smil

Opis

The magnitude and rapidity of global environmental degradation threatens the perpetuation of life on Earth. Yet our understanding of biospheric change may not be sophisticated enough to adopt the long-term management strategies necessary to put modern civilization on a sustainable basis.

Recenzje

` ... this direct, appealing book amounts to a personal statement by a cogent analyst, well supported ... by a penetrating and compact account of the facts.' - Scientific American

` ... it is thoughtful and well argumented. It deserves a wide readership.' - TEG News

Spis treści

Chapter 1 ELUSIVE UNDERSTANDING; Chapter 2 EXISTENTIAL NECESSITIES; Chapter 3 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; Chapter 4 EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES; Chapter 5 CASCADING COMPLICATIONS; Chapter 6 POSSIBLE OUTCOMES;

O autorze

Vaclav Smil