Managing planet earth :
Managing planet earth : readings from Scientific American magazine.
- New York ; Oxford : W.H. Freeman, c1990.
- vi, 146 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references an index.
Foreword / Managing Planet Earth / The changing atmosphere / The changing climate / Threats to the world’s water / Threats to biodiversity / The growing human population / Strategies for agricultura / Strategies for energy use / Strategies for manufacturing / Strategies for sustainable economic development / Toward a sustainable world / Epilogue: How to secure our common future / Jonathan Piel -- William C. Clark -- Thomas E. Graedel and Paul J. Crutzen -- Stephen H. Schneider -- J. W. Maurits la Rivière -- Edward O. Wilson -- Nathan Keyfitz -- Pierre R. Crosson and Norman J. Rosenberg -- John H. Gibbons, Peter D. Blair and Holly L. Gwin -- Robert A. Frosch and Nicholas E. Gallopoulos -- Jim MacNeill -- William D. Ruckelshaus -- Gro Harlem Brundtland. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11.
0716721082
Nonrenewable natural resources--Management
Economic development--Environmental aspects
333.7
Includes bibliographical references an index.
Foreword / Managing Planet Earth / The changing atmosphere / The changing climate / Threats to the world’s water / Threats to biodiversity / The growing human population / Strategies for agricultura / Strategies for energy use / Strategies for manufacturing / Strategies for sustainable economic development / Toward a sustainable world / Epilogue: How to secure our common future / Jonathan Piel -- William C. Clark -- Thomas E. Graedel and Paul J. Crutzen -- Stephen H. Schneider -- J. W. Maurits la Rivière -- Edward O. Wilson -- Nathan Keyfitz -- Pierre R. Crosson and Norman J. Rosenberg -- John H. Gibbons, Peter D. Blair and Holly L. Gwin -- Robert A. Frosch and Nicholas E. Gallopoulos -- Jim MacNeill -- William D. Ruckelshaus -- Gro Harlem Brundtland. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11.
0716721082
Nonrenewable natural resources--Management
Economic development--Environmental aspects
333.7