| Description |
xi, 201 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm |
| Note |
"American Association for the Advancement of Science." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Life on a human-dominated planet / Donald Kennedy -- Human population: The next half century / Joel E. Cohen -- Prospects for biodiversity / Martin Jenkins -- World fisheries: The next 50 years / Daniel Pauly, Jackie Alder, Elena Beennet, Villy Christensen, Peter Tyedmers, and Reg Watson -- Preserving the conditions of life / Donald Kennedy -- Tropical soils and food security: The next 50 years / Michael A. Stocking -- Global freshwater resources: Soft-path solutions for the 21st century / Peter Gleick -- Energy resources and global development / Jeffrey Chow, Raymond J. Kopp and Paul R. Portney -- Global air quality and pollution / Hajime Akimoto -- Modern global climate change / Thomas R. Karl and Kevin E. Trenberth -- Managing our common inheritance / Donald Kennedy -- The tragedy of the commons / Garrett Hardin -- The struggle to govern the commons / Thomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom, and Paul C. Stern -- Social capital and the collective management of resources / Jules Pretty -- Managing tragedies: Understanding conflict over common pool resources / William M. Adams, Dan Brockington, Jane Dyson, and Bhaskar Vira -- Global food security: Challanges and policies / Mark W. Rosegrant and Sarah A. Cline -- New visions for addressing sustainability / Anthony J. McMichael, Colin D. Butler, and Carl Folke -- The burden of chronic disease / C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor and Enamul Karim -- The challenge of long term climate change / K. Hasselmann, M. Latif, G. Hooss, C. Azar, O. Edenhofer, C. C. Jaeger, O. M. Johannessen, C. Kemfert, M. Welp, and A. Wokaun -- Climate change: The political situation / Robert T. Watson -- Tales from a troubled marrige: Science and law in environmental policy / Oliver Houck |
| Subject |
Sustainable development -- Congresses.
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Sustainable development. |
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Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.
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Energy policy -- Environmental aspects. |
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Food supply -- Congresses.
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Food supply. |
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Water-supply -- Congresses.
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Water-supply. |
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World health -- Congresses.
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World health. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Kennedy, Donald.
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Columbia Earth Institute.
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| Added Title |
State of the planet, 2006-2007 |
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State of the planet |
| ISBN |
1597260630 |
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1597260622 cased |
| Standard No. |
9781597260633 |
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