Global Ecology: Environmental Change and Social Flexibility

Global Ecology: Environmental Change and Social Flexibility

by VaclavSmil (Author)

Synopsis

The magnitude and rapidity of global environmental change threatens the perpetuation of life on Earth. Many aspects of this crisis are familiar to us - the destruction of tropical rainforests, the hole in the Antarctic ozone, desertification, soil erosion - yet we avoid the underlying challenge of a rapidly deteriorating ecological system and the breadth and complexity of responses demanded.
Integrating an analysis of both social and environmental needs, the book explores the premises and problems of different paths towards global management.
With its emphasis on flexible response, Global Ecology furthers our understanding of biospheric change and of our abilities and weaknesses in managing the transition to a sustainable society.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 21 Oct 1993

ISBN 10: 0415098866
ISBN 13: 9780415098861

Media Reviews
This timely and crucial study explores the promises and problems of different paths towards global management. With a focus on the importance of flexible response, it provides an analysis of both social and environmental needs. It will further our understanding of biospheric change and of our abilities and weaknesses in managing the transition to a sustainable society..
- The Bulliten of Science, Technology, and Society
. . . this direct, appealing book amounts to a personal statement by a cogent analyst, well supported . . . by a rpenetrating and compact account of the facts.
- Scientific American