Global change and our common future : papers from a forum /

The Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future was organized to inform the public about the changes occurring in the global environment and the implications for public policy. This title includes 22 edited presentations from the Forum.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Global Change, Forum on Global Change and Our Common Future
Otros Autores: DeFries, Ruth S., Malone, Thomas F.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989.
Temas:
Environmental policy > Congresses.
Pollution > Congresses.
Human ecology > Congresses.
Global warming > Congresses.
Climatic changes > Congresses.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > Congresses.
Climat > Changements > Congrès.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement > Congrès.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Congrès.
Pollution > Congrès.
Écologie humaine > Congrès.
Réchauffement de la Terre > Congrès.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes.
Environmental policy.
Global warming.
Human ecology.
Pollution.
Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • 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.

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