| Description |
xiv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Series |
Annual editions |
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Annual editions.
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| Contents |
How many planets? : a survey of the global environment -- Five meta-trends changing the world / David Pearce Snyder -- Globalization's effects on the environment / Jo Kwong -- Rescuing a planet under stress / Lester R. Brown -- Population and consumption : what we know, what we need to know / Robert W. Kates -- A new security paradigm / Gregory D. Foster -- Factory farming in the developing world / Danielle Nierenberg -- Where oil and water do mix : environmental scarcity and future conflict in the Middle East and North Africa / Jason J. Morrissette and Douglas A. Borer -- The irony of climate / Brian Halweil -- World population, agriculture, and malnutrition/ David Pimentel and Anne Wilson -- Powder keg / Keith Kloor -- Personalized energy : the next paradigm / Stephen M. Millett -- Wind power : obstacles and opportunities / Martin J. Pasqualetti -- Hydrogen : waiting for the revolution / Bill Keenan -- Strangers in our midst : the problem of invasive alien species / Jeffrey A. McNeely -- Markets for biodiversity services : potential roles and challenges / Michael Jenkins, Sara J. Scherr, and Mira Inbar -- Dryland development : succcess stories from West Africa / Michael Mortimore -- What's a river for? / Bruce Barcott -- How much is clean water worth? / Jim Morrison -- A human thirst / Don Hinrichsen -- Agricultural pesticides in developing countries / Sylvia I. Karlsson -- The quest for clean water / Joseph Orlins and Anne Wehrly -- A little rocket fuel with your salad? / Gene Ayres -- How did humans first alter global climate / William F. Ruddiman -- Can we bury global warming? / Robert H. Socolow -- Dozens of words for snow, none for pollution / Marla Cone |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Environmental sciences.
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Environmental protection.
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Nature conservation.
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Ecology.
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Pollution.
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| Author |
Allen, John Logan, 1941-
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| ISBN |
0073515426 |
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9780073515427 |
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