The New Atlas of Planet Management

by Myers, Norman

• ISBN13: 9780520238794
• ISBN10: 0520238796
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-31
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

The New Atlas of Planet Managementwas regarded as the most groundbreaking survey of the state of our planet when it was first published in 1984. After over twenty years in print, it has become the bible of the environmental movement and the definitive guide to a planet in critical transition. Regularly featured among the top ten books on the environment, theAtlashas been read by millions of people and translated into more than a dozen languages. This enlarged edition brings the classic reference up-to-date. Thoroughly revised with the latest figures and analysis, fresh full-color and easy-to-read graphics, an expanded format, and a wealth of current environmental and political topics that have arisen during the previous two decades,The New Atlas of Planet Managementwill equip a further generation of readers with information to face the challenges of the new millennium. THIS REVISED EDITION CONTAINS: *Updated chapters on land, oceans, elements, evolution, humankind, civilization, and management *New sections on consumption, globalization, environmental security, refugees, international terrorism, the rise of information technology, china, and more *Powerful new illustrations that convey a wealth of information

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
The fragile miracle	p. 10
Accelerating evolution	p. 12
Latecomers to evolution	p. 14
The long shadow	p. 16
The changes in change	p. 18
Crisis or challenge?	p. 20
Land
Introduction	p. 22
The Land Potential	p. 24
The fertile soil	p. 24
The green potential	p. 26
The global forest	p. 28
Tropical forests	p. 30
The world croplands	p. 32
The world's grazing herd	p. 34
The global larder	p. 36
The Land Crisis	p. 38
The disappearing soil	p. 38
Shrinking forests	p. 40
Destroying the protector	p. 42
The encroaching desert	p. 44
Hunger and glut	p. 46
The deadly greenhouse	p. 48
Environmental security	p. 50
Managing the Land	p. 52
Cash-crop factor	p. 52
The global supermarket	p. 54
Harvesting the forest	p. 56
Forests of the future	p. 58
Managing the soil	p. 60
Green revolution?	p. 62
Agriculture in the balance	p. 64
We are what we eat/1	p. 66
Towards a new agriculture	p. 68
The gene revolution	p. 70
We are what we eat/2	p. 72
Ocean
Introduction	p. 74
The Ocean Potential	p. 76
The world ocean	p. 76
Living oceans	p. 78
The vital margins	p. 80
The global shoal	p. 82
Ocean technology	p. 84
Polar zones	p. 86
The Ocean Crisis	p. 88
Empty nets	p. 88
Polluting the oceans	p. 90
Destruction of habitat	p. 92
Whose ocean?	p. 94
Managing the Ocean	p. 96
Harvesting the sea	p. 96
Clean-up for the ocean	p. 98
Managing Antarctica	p. 100
The laws of the sea	p. 102
Future oceans	p. 104
Global fever	p. 106
Elements
Introduction	p. 108
The Elemental Potential	p. 110
The global powerhouse	p. 110
The energy store	p. 112
The climate asset	p. 114
The freshwater reservoir	p. 116
The mineral reserve	p. 118
The Elements Crisis	p. 120
The oil crisis	p. 120
The fuelwood crisis	p. 122
The greenhouse effect	p. 124
Climate chaos	p. 126
Holes in the ozone map	p. 128
The invisible threat	p. 130
Water that kills	p. 132
Widening circle of poison	p. 134
The nuclear dilemma	p. 136
Resource wars	p. 138
Managing the Elements	p. 140
The new energy path	p. 140
An energy-efficient future	p. 142
Managing energy in the South	p. 144
Managing the atmosphere	p. 146
Managing water	p. 148
Clean water for all	p. 150
Waste into wealth	p. 152
Evolution
Introduction	p. 154
The Evolutionary Potential	p. 156
The life pool	p. 156
The web of Gaia	p. 158
Life strategies	p. 160
Partners in evolution	p. 162
The genetic resource	p. 164
Keys to the wild	p. 166
Evolution in Crisis	p. 168
The irreplaceable heritage	p. 168
The destruction of diversity	p. 170
Genetic erosion	p. 172
The future of evolution	p. 174
Evolution in Management	p. 176
Conserving the wild	p. 176
Preserving the genetic resource	p. 178
Laws and conventions	p. 180
Towards a new conservation	p. 182
Humankind
Introduction	p. 184
Human Potential	p. 186
People potential	p. 186
The world at work	p. 188
Homo sapiens	p. 190
The Inability to Participate	p. 192
The numbers game	p. 192
The work famine	p. 194
Sickness and stress	p. 196
The literacy chasm	p. 198
Our world on the move	p. 200
Managing Ourselves	p. 202
Managing numbers	p. 202
Voice of women	p. 204
Health for all	p. 206
Tools and ideas	p. 208
Civilization
Introduction	p. 210
Power of Civilization	p. 212
The world city	p. 212
New world orders	p. 214
The world factory	p. 216
Chips, nets, and cells	p. 218
The world market	p. 220
The world's wealth	p. 222
Crisis: The Divided World	p. 224
Globalization	p. 224
Chaos in the cities	p. 226
Technological invasion of personal rights	p. 228
Market tremors	p. 230
Perverse subsidies	p. 232
Consumption: the rise of the new consumers	p. 234
China - an emerging superpower	p. 236
Environmental trade-off?	p. 238
The Poverty bomb	p. 240
Managing our Civilization	p. 242
Urban regeneration	p. 242
The will to communicate	p. 244
Technology transfer	p. 246
Growing interdependence	p. 248
Closing the gap	p. 250
The true economy	p. 252
New rules of the game	p. 254
Management
Introduction	p. 256
The Management Potential	p. 258
Phoenix nation states	p. 258
Reluctant internationalists	p. 260
Institutional roadblocks	p. 262
Voice of the world	p. 264
Voice of the community	p. 266
Voice of the Individual	p. 268
Crisis: The Threat of War	p. 270
Breaking points	p. 270
Discontinuities and other non-linearities	p. 272
Towards a violent planet	p. 274
International terrorism	p. 276
The cost of militarism	p. 278
Weapons of mass destruction	p. 280
Under New Management	p. 282
Global governance	p. 282
Synergisms	p. 284
The great transition	p. 286
Signs of hope	p. 288
A new ethic	p. 291
Epilogue	p. 292
Appendices	p. 294
Index and Acknowledgements	p. 300
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