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Hard choices : climate change in Canada /

"Drought, floods, hurricanes, forest fires, ice storms, blackouts, dwindling fish stocks, the "greenhouse" effect ... what Canadian has not wondered what is happening to our climate? This new collection of essays by leading Canadian scientists, engineers, social scientists, and humani...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Centre for Studies in Religion and Society
Otros Autores: Coward, Harold G., Weaver, Andrew John, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ont. : Published for Centre for Studies in Religion and Society by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Drought, floods, hurricanes, forest fires, ice storms, blackouts, dwindling fish stocks, the "greenhouse" effect ... what Canadian has not wondered what is happening to our climate? This new collection of essays by leading Canadian scientists, engineers, social scientists, and humanists offers an overview and assessment of climate change and its impacts on Canada from physical, social, technological, economic, political, and ethical/religious perspectives. Hard Choices, offers a multidisciplinary approach to the challenges we face in Canada with special attention given to Canada's response to the Kyoto protocol and an assessment of the adequacy of Kyoto as a response to the global challenge of climate change."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps (somce color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781554580811
1554580811