Author : Eugene A. Rosa
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,33 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262013154
State-of-the-art assessments of current research into the human dimensions of global environmental change and promising directions for future advancements.
Author : Anthony N. Penna
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 1405187727
The Human Footprint is a global, thematic, and multi-disciplinary history of the planet, from its earliest origins to its current condition. Avoiding conventional narratives and using the latest research in a diverse range of fields, Penna brings harmony to human history and ecology and provides a fresh, much-needed narrative of world history. Provides a comprehensive, global look at the history of the earth from the Paleolithic to the present era Uses a multi-disciplinary approach, drawing on the most recent research in geology, climatology, evolutionary biology, archaeology, anthropology, history, demography and the social and physical sciences Each chapter expands on a single theme, including human evolution, the invention of agriculture and its global impact, population growth, urbanization, manufacturing, consumption, industrialization, and energy use
Author : Walter Kennedy Dodds
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 10,47 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231139670
Dodds warns that as resources grow scarce, humans will escalate their use of what remains instead of managing their consumption.
Author : Anthony N. Penna
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 11,18 MB
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1118912438
The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History, Second Edition, presents a multidisciplinary global history of Earth from its origins to the present day. Provides a comprehensive, global, multidisciplinary history of the planet from its earliest origins to the present era Draws on the most recent research in geology, climatology, evolutionary biology, archaeology, anthropology, history, demography and the social and physical sciences Features the latest research findings on planetary history, human evolution, the green agricultural revolution, climate change, global warming and the nature of world/human history interdependencies Offers in-depth analyses of topics relating to human evolution, agriculture, population growth, urbanization, manufacturing, consumption, industrialization, and fossil fuel dependency.
Author : Mathis Wackernagel
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 12,53 MB
Release : 1998-07-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 086571312X
Our Ecological Footprint presents an internationally-acclaimed tool for measuring and visualizing the resources required to sustain our households, communities, regions and nations, converting the seemingly complex concepts of carrying capacity, resource-use, waste-disposal and the like into a graphic form that everyone can grasp and use. An excellent handbook for community activists, planners, teachers, students and policy makers.
Author : Vipul Singh
Publisher :
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 39,31 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Environmental degradation
ISBN : 9789350590980
Author : Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 46,69 MB
Release : 2017-09-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 012812850X
Environmental Carbon Footprints: Industrial Case Studies provides a wide range of industrial case-studies, beginning with textiles, energy systems and bio-fuels. Each footprint is associated with background information, scientific consensus and the reason behind its invention, methodological framework, assessment checklist, calculation tool/technique, applications, challenges and limitations. More importantly, applications of each indicator/framework in various industrial sectors and their associated challenges are presented. As case studies are the most flexible of all research designs, this book allows researchers to retain the holistic characteristics of real-life events while investigating empirical events. Includes case studies from various industries, such as textiles, energy systems and conventional and bio-fuels Provides the calculation tool/technique, applications, challenges and limitations for determining carbon footprints on an industry by industry basis Presents the background information, scientific consensus and reason behind each case study
Author : Peters, Glen P.
Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 30,53 MB
Release : 2016-08-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9289346302
Emissions and resources are typically allocated to national territories. There has been increased interest in allocating environmental flows to the final consumption of goods and services. The resulting "environment footprints" are particularly relevant for global environmental problems in a globalised world. Developed countries generally have larger environmental footprints than their national territorial flows, and the gap has tended to increase over the last two decades. Consequently, some have argued that environmental policies should address the environmental footprint. Despite the potential policy relevance, there has been relatively little research on policy applications. While environmental footprints have many advantages, policy applications are limited by estimation and interpretation uncertainty, and by the lack of a clear policy motivation.
Author : Stephen Mosley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 10,81 MB
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 113516472X
Covering the last five hundred years of global history, The Environment in World History examines the processes that have transformed the Earth and put growing pressure on natural resources. Chapters and case studies explore a wide range of issues, including: the hunting of wildlife and the loss of biodiversity in nearly every part of the globe the clearing of the world’s forests and the development of strategies to halt their decline the degradation of soils, one of the most profound and unnoticed ways that humans have altered the planet the impact of urban-industrial growth and the deepening ‘ecological footprints’ of the world’s cities the pollution of air, land and water as the ‘inevitable’ trade-off for continued economic growth worldwide. The Environment in World History offers a fresh environmental perspective on familiar world history narratives of imperialism and colonialism, trade and commerce, and technological progress and the advance of civilisation, and will be invaluable reading for all students of world history and environmental studies.
Author : Sturm
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1615906878
Learn About The Impact That Humans Have On The Earth, Its Environment, And How To Reduce The Damage.
