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1 online resource (xiii, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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"Committee on Global Change, National Research Council." |
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Proceedings of the Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future, held on May 2-3, 1989, at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., and organized by the the National Research Council's Committee on Global Change. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Toward a global environmental policy / William D. Ruckelshaus -- Global change and our common future : the Benjamin Franklin Lecture / Gro Harlen Brundtland -- Global change and carrying capacity : implications for life on Earth / Paul R. Ehrlich [and others] -- The Earth system / Digby J. McLaren -- Mission to planet Earth revisited / Thomas F. Malone and Robert Corell -- Historical perspectives : climatic changes throughout the millenia / John E. Kutzbach -- Mathematical modeling of greenhouse warming : how much do we know? / J.D. Mahlman -- The Earth's fragile ozone shield / Susan Solomon -- Terrestrial ecosystems / Peter M. Vitousek -- Human dimensions of global environmental change / Roberta Balstad Miller -- The human causes of global environmental change / B.L. Turner II. |
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What does global change mean for society? / Lester R. Brown -- Impacts of future sea level rise / James M. Broadus -- Threats to biological diversity as the Earth warms / Robert L. Peters -- Deforestation and its role in possible changes in the Brazilian Amazon / Eneas Salati [and others] -- Impacts of global change / Jose Goldemberg -- The global environment : a national security issue / Albert Gore, Jr. -- Implications for public policy : options for action / Martin W. Holdgate -- View from the North / Digby J. McLaren -- View from the South / Marc J. Dourojeanni -- Political leadership and the Brundtland Report : what are the implications for public policy? / Charles Caccia -- Global warming : is it real and should it be part of a global change program? / Stephen H. Schneider. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- Congresses.
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Environmental policy -- Congresses. |
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Pollution -- Congresses.
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Pollution. |
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Human ecology -- Congresses.
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Human ecology -- Congresses. |
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Global warming -- Congresses.
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Global warming. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
DeFries, Ruth S.
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Malone, Thomas F.
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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Global Change.
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Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future (1989 : Washington, D.C.)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Global change and our common future. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989 0309040892 (DLC) 89062950 (OCoLC)20956763 |
| ISBN |
058514902X (electronic book) |
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9780585149028 (electronic book) |
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0309040892 (paperback) |
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9780309040891 (paperback) |
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