The story of N : a social history of the nitrogen cycle and the challenge of sustainability /
The Story of N analyzes the notion of sustainability from a fresh perspective, the integration of human activities with the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen, and provides a supportive alternative to studying sustainability through the lens of climate change and the cycling of carbon. It is the fir...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2013.
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Colección: | Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The emergence of a biogeochemical cycle
- From adaption to innovation
- Innovation within an ecological limit
- N and the emergence of market capitalism
- N and the rise of science
- Bypassing an ecological limit
- Industrializing a biogeomical cycle
- N in the well
- N in the air
- N in the law
- N and the seeds of an ecological economy
- Conclusion: the challenge of sustainability.