Sustainable development of the biosphere
The contents of this book include: Sustainable development of the biospher: themes for a research program; sustainable redevelopment of regional ecosystems degraded by exploitive development; Energy patterns - in retrospect and prospect; Novel integrated energy systems: the case of zero emissions; The role of atmospheric chemistry in environment-development interactions; The resilience of terrestrial ecosystems; local surprise and global change; The typology of surprises in technology, institutions, and development; Some implications of climatic change for human development; and Mythology and surprise in the sustainable development of the biosphere; Index. This book provides a series of overview papers regarding a long-term research investigation of the sustainable development of the biosphere, in the context of resource management. A perspective is given on resource development in a world of ecological uncertainty and surprise.
- OSTI ID:
- 7144891
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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