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9780121187309

Changing the Global Environment : Perspectives on Human Involvement

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  • ISBN13:

    9780121187309

  • ISBN10:

    0121187306

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1989-03-01
  • Publisher: Academic Pr

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Table of Contents

Perspectives on the Biosphere
Science and the Global Environment
Man's Role in Managing the Global Environment
The Impact of Life on the Planet Earth: Some General Considerations
From Planetary Atmospheres to Microbial Communities: A Stroll Through Space and Time
Sustainable Use of the Global Ocean
Deforestation and the Extinction of Species
Large-Scale Alteration of Biological Productivity Due to Transported Pollutants
Food Problems in the Next Decades
Soil Degradation and Conversion of Tropical Rainforests
Nuclear Winter, Current Understanding, Some of the Ways that We Can Learn About Our Global Environment
Modern Chemical Technologies for Assessment and Solution of Environmental Problems
The Search for Non-renewable Resources in the Next Twenty Years
Remote Sensing of Environmental Change in the Developing World
The Application of Remote Sensing in South America: Perspectives for the Future Based on Recent Experiences
Geographical Information Systems and Natural Resource Issues at the State Level
The Global Environment Monitoring System and the Need for a Global Resource Database
The Use of Remote Sensing to Assess Environmental Consequences of Energy Facilities
Linking Ecological Networks and Models to Remote Sensing Programs
Observing the Earth in the Next Decades
Social and Economic Policy Issues
Sustainable Futures: Some Economic Issues
Ethical and Economic Systems for Managing the Global Commons
Managing Natural Resources: The Local Level
Social Values and Environmental Quality
Technology and the Environment
Management of High Technology: A Cure or Cause of Global Environmental Changes
Better Resource Management Through the Adoption of New Technologies
The Search for Effective Pollution Control Policies
Index
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