| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 201 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Note |
"American Association for the Advancement of Science." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Life on a human-dominated planet / Donald Kennedy -- Human population : the next half century / Joel E. Cohen -- Prospects for biodiversity / Martin Jenkins -- World fisheries : the next 50 years / Daniel Pauly, Jackie Alder, Elena Bennett, Villy Christensen, Peter Tyedmers and Reg Watson -- Preserving the conditions of life / Donald Kennedy -- Tropical soils and food security : the next 50 years / Michael A. Stocking -- Global freshwater resources : soft-path solutions for the 21st century / Peter H. Gleick -- Energy resources and global development / Jeffrey Chow, Raymond J. Kopp and Paul R. Portney -- Global air quality and pollution / Hajime Akimoto -- Modern global climate change / Thomas R. Karl and Kevin E. Trenberth -- Managing our common inheritance / Donald Kennedy -- The tragedy of the commons / Garrett Hardin -- The struggle to govern the commons / Thomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom and Paul C. Stern -- Social capital and the collective management of resources / Jules Pretty -- Managing tragedies : understanding conflict over common pool resources / William M. Adams, Dan Brockington, Jane Dyson and Bhaskar Vira -- Global food security : challenges and policies / Mark W. Rosegrant and Sarah A. Cline -- New visions for addressing sustainability / Anthony J. McMichael, Colin D. Butler and Carl Folke -- The burden of chronic disease / C.G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor and Enamul Karim -- The challenge of long-term climate change / K. Hasselmann, M. Latif, G. Hooss, C. Azar, O. Edenhofer, C.C. Jaeger, O.M. Johannessen, C. Kemfert, M. Welp and A. Wokaun -- Climate change : the political situation / Robert T. Watson -- Tale from a troubled marriage : science and law in environmental policy / Oliver Houck. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Environmental sciences.
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Environmental policy.
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Environmental indicators.
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Sustainable development.
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NATURE -- Natural Resources.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental Economics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Green Business.
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Environmental indicators. (OCoLC)fst00913102
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Environmental policy. (OCoLC)fst00913250
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Environmental sciences. (OCoLC)fst00913474
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Sustainable development. (OCoLC)fst01139731
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| Added Author |
Kennedy, Donald.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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| Added Title |
State of the planet, 2006-2007 |
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Science.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Science magazine's state of the planet, 2006-2007. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2006 1597260630 9781597260633 (DLC) 2006297078 (OCoLC)70545495 |
| ISBN |
9781429490122 (electronic bk.) |
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1429490128 (electronic bk.) |
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