| Description |
viii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"National Academy of Engineering." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The liberation of the environment / Jesse H. Ausubel -- Time for a change: on the patterns of diffusion of innovation / Arnulf Grubler -- Population, technology, and the human environment: a thread through time / Robert W. Kates -- How much land can ten billion people spare for nature? / Paul E. Waggoner -- Freeing energy from carbon / Nebojsa Nakicenovic -- Life-styles and the environment: the case of energy / Lee Schipper -- Elektron: electrical systems in retrospect and prospect / Jesse H. Ausubel and Cesare Marchetti -- Materialization and dematerialization: measures and trends / Iddo K. Wernick, Robert Herman, Shekhar Govind, and Jesse H. Ausubel -- Toward the end of waste: reflections on a new ecology of industry / Robert A. Frosch -- Humans in nature: toward a physiocentric philosophy / Klaus Michael Meyer-Abich -- Sustaining the human environment: the next two hundred years / Chauncey Starr. |
| Form |
Also available via the World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Environmental management.
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Technological innovations -- Environmental aspects.
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Power resources -- Environmental aspects.
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Materials -- Environmental aspects.
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| Added Author |
Ausubel, Jesse.
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Langford, H. Dale.
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National Academy of Engineering.
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| Added Title |
Human environment |
| ISBN |
0309051339 alkaline paper |
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