Author : Norman Myers
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 27,12 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Nature
ISBN :
For the first time since its publication in l984, a completely updated and revised edition of this best-selling atlas which brings it into the 1990s, incorporating the new events, issues, and statistics of the past decade.
Author : Norman Myers
Publisher : Anchor Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,43 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Discusses how we can use our technology and wisdom to foster harmony between the environment and ourselves, to manage our resources, and respect the delicate balance of life on Earth.
Author : Norman Myers
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,31 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 0520238796
The editors present a graphics-driven, state-of-the-planet survey of natural systems, human impact on those systems, and how to manage them for a sustainable future.
Author : Norman Myers
Publisher : Pan
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 34,98 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN :
This atlas organizes the mass of available environmental data, statistical predictions and often conflicting opinions and solutions into a simple coherent structure. It is divided into seven sections: land, ocean, elements, evolution, humankind, civilization and management. Each of these is considered from three perspectives: potential resource, crises and management alternatives
Author : Norman Myers
Publisher : Gaia Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,57 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Environmental management
ISBN : 9781856752091
Definitive guide to a planet in critical transition, providing a blueprint for our survival Maps and analyses our living planet at a point in its evolution, as we humans threaten to disrupt and exhaust its life-support systems Shows what a complex and magnificent world we have inherited, how it works and what bad stewards we have been Explains how we can mend our ways and re-dress the situation Divided into seven topics, this book takes a clear and structured approach, allowing the reader to examine any critical area of concern
Author : Herbert Girardet
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781856750974
In the last 100 years global urban populations have expanded from 15 to 50%. Urban growth patterns are changing the face of the earth and the condition of humanity. This atlas addresses these key issues, and analyses the problems of expanding cities.
Author : Norman Myers
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 24,24 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Atlases
ISBN : 9780868245416
First published in 1984, this analytical guide to the state of planet earth has been revised and updated, and features a new introduction by Oxfam. Addresses new directions and issues arising since the first edition, such as the end of the Cold War, and the efforts now made by many nations to conserve forests, land and natural resources. Covers the broad topics of land, ocean, elements, humankind, civilisation and management, and examines their potential as sustainable resources and management potential. Includes a reading list and an index.
Author : Richard Peet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 1134526636
First published in 1989. It seems such a long time ago, another age—yet it is a mere twenty-odd years since the original Models in Geography was published. It is an even shorter time since the first tentative steps were taken towards an alternative formulation of what might constitute a geographical perspective within the social sciences. What came to be called the political-economy perspective has progressed with remarkable speed and energy to generate its own framework of conceptualization and analysis, its own questions and debates. The papers in these two volumes are witness to the richness and range of the work which has developed over this relatively short period within the political economy approach. Moreover, from being a debate within an institutionally defined ‘discipline of geography’, to introducing into that discipline ideas and discussions from the wider fields of philosophy and social science and the humanities more generally, it has now flowered into a consistent part of enquiries that span the entire realm of social studies.
Author : Michael Carley
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780816623396
Offering guidelines on the achievement of global sustainable development, this study focuses on the institutional arrangements necessary to cope with the complexity of ecological problems and the ways in which they interact with society. The authors describe a new form of environmental management which links the different levels of government and business together in action-centred networks. These have been shown to work in a range of contexts, dealing with changing circumstances. The text can either be used as a practical guide for those achieving sustainable development, or as a course textbook on development studies.
Author : Alan Dupont
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,61 MB
Release : 2001-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780521010153
Security issues have traditionally been defined in military terms, yet the post-Cold War security landscape contains numerous non-military challenges to security. In this 2001 analysis, Alan Dupont argues that an emerging new class of non-military threats has the potential to destabilize East Asia and reverse decades of hard-won economic and social development. He shows that these transnational shifts must be grasped and dealt with by governments and non-government organizations both regionally, and internationally, if conflict is to be avoided. Transnational threats stem from overpopulation, deforestation and pollution, global warming, unregulated population movements, transnational crime, virulent new strains of infectious diseases and other issues not previously associated with international security. Collectively they represent a new agenda and pose novel challenges for foreign and defence policy. This highly informative, compelling and authoritative book is essential reading for East Asia specialists and makes a significant contribution to international security debates.
