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The state of the Earth : environmental challenges on the road to 2100 /
The present era of staggering scientific and technological innovations, with major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, and communications, seems to document unparalleled human achievement. Yet when we examine the long-term implications, it becomes clear that an ever-growing number of hu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The present era of staggering scientific and technological innovations, with major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, and communications, seems to document unparalleled human achievement. Yet when we examine the long-term implications, it becomes clear that an ever-growing number of humans have threatened the delicate environmental balance that sustains life on this planet. The past century may be remembered not as a period of great progress but as one marked by unrestrained consumption and failure to come close to a sustainable use of the earth's limited natural resources. In Th. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813171524 0813171520 9780813137476 0813137470 |