Green Marble - Earth System Science and Global Sustainability

Zusatztext The challenge presented in this book is to acknowledge the role of humans in Earth's future and in potential strategies to sustain it. Recommended. Informationen zum Autor David P. Turner is a research professor in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State University. Klappentext In this concise and accessible text! David P. Turner presents an overview of global environmental change and a synthesis of research from earth system science and sustainability science. It provides a framework for understanding human impact on the environment for anyone interested in our current predicaments and what we can do about them. Zusammenfassung In this concise and accessible text, David P. Turner presents an overview of global environmental change and a synthesis of research from earth system science and sustainability science. It provides a framework for understanding human impact on the environment for anyone interested in our current predicaments and what we can do about them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface List of Abbreviations 1. Earth System Science 2. Earth's Geosphere! Biosphere! and Climate 3. The Evolution of the Biosphere 4. Technosphere Impacts on the Global Biogeochemical Cycles 5. Technosphere Impacts on the Biosphere 6. Scenarios of Global Environmental Change 7. Globalization and Ecological Modernization 8. Global Environmental Governance 9. Global Monitoring 10. Integrating Social and Ecological Systems 11. Key Concepts for a New Planetary Paradigm Lexicon of the Spheres References Index

Product details

• Authors: David Turner
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780231180603
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18060-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Sustainability, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / System Theory, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest