| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxxiv, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Technology and the environment
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Technology and the environment (Akron, Ohio)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-336) and index. |
| Contents |
The environment and the "two cultures" divide / Leo Marx -- Contributions of science to the causes and cures of pollution / Norman F. Ramsey -- Chaos, fractals, turbulence, and their impact on the scientist's view of the world / Itamar Procaccia -- The challenges of global change / John A. Dutton -- Can adding iron to the oceans reduce global warming? An example of geoengineering / D. Whitney King -- Environmental risks of biotechnology in agriculture / David Pimentel -- Bioremediation of aqueous and soil environments contaminated with toxic wastes / Frank A. Fekete -- Constructed wetland technology : can and will we engineer viable wetland ecosystems? / Paul K. Doss -- Economic incentives, technological choices, and the quest for sustainable development / Thomas H. Tietenberg -- |
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Regulating the electromagnetic environment : alternative approaches to policy / Michael G. Vita and Charissa P. Wellford -- Environmental security and national instability : the case of the former Soviet Union / Elena N. Nikitina -- Environmental problems and technological choices in Thailand / Harvey F. Ludwig and Daniel J. Gunaratnam -- Environmental dispute resolution in communities of color / Robert D. Bullard. |
| Subject |
Environmental policy.
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Environmental policy. |
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Technological innovations.
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Technological innovations. |
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Science -- Social aspects.
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Science -- Social aspects. |
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Engineering -- Social aspects.
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Engineering -- Social aspects. |
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Engineering. |
| Added Author |
Fleming, James Rodger.
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Gemery, Henry A.
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| ISBN |
0962262897 cloth alkaline paper $39.95 |
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1884836003 paperback alkaline paper $21.95 |
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