Global Change - Ecosocial Crisis and Future Perspectives

This book describes global change pedagogically, offering a comprehensive perspective of its multidimensional nature, and detailing the necessary actions in the main areas to prevent catastrophic scenarios.
Currently, there is an unprecedented interest on climate and environmental dynamics. Never before, societies have been so aware and concerned about the impact that human activities have on the natural environment. At the same time, we already see the first consequences caused by the scarcity of natural resources that have driven the progress and economic development of an important part of humanity over the last centuries. The concept of global change is an instrument to interpret the profound planetary transformations taking place, as well as those necessary in the short and medium term to guarantee the well-being of our society in an unprecedented scenario.

List of contents

1 Introduction to global change.- 2. Changes in the Earth system.- 3. Socio-ecological dynamics in a changing world.- 4. The geography of global change.- 5. Future strategies against global change.

Product details

• Assisted by: Carles Barriocanal (Editor), Carles Barriocanal et al (Editor), Josep Bonsoms (Editor), Juan Ignacio López-Moreno (Editor), Jordi Martín-Díaz (Editor), Marc Oliva (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.01.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9783031933769
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3193376-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Illustrations: Approx. 400 p. 120 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Geowissenschaften, Sustainability, Geographie, Geography, Climate Change, Global Warming, Sustainable Development, IPCC, Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences