Download or read book Global 2000 Revisited written by Gerald O. Barney and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Earth System History and Natural Variability Volume I written by Vaclav Cilek and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth System: History and Natural Variability theme is a component of Encyclopedia of Natural Resources Policy and Management, in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Earth System: History and Natural Variability with contributions from distinguished experts in the field, presents a description of the cosmic environment around our planet influencing the Earth in a number of ways through variation of solar energy or meteorite impacts. The structure of the Earth and its rocks, waters and atmosphere is described. The Theme focuses on geological and evolutionary processes through the history of Earth's epochs and biomes since the Early Earth to the Quaternary. The unifying processes between the Earth's life and its rocks, waters and atmosphere are global natural cycles of carbon, sulfur and other elements that connect and influence the rate of geological processes, climate change, biological evolution and human economy. These five volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.
Download or read book Whose Business Values written by Sally Steward and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 1995-09-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the ethical issues arising in the course of business, especially those affecting people working in Asia. Each chapter offers a different perspective and the positions taken vary greatly from one writer to another. This book has been produced under the auspices of the University of Hong Kong's Centre for the Study of Business Values and the various perspectives within this volume well reflect the variety of viewpoints expressed by people who participate in the Centre's activities. It is intended to be read by business people and business students alike and would fit well into international business courses anywhere in the world. East Asia is a particular focus of many of the chapters but global ecological concerns are also addressed.
Download or read book Searching for Sustainable Development and Its Purpose written by Pavel Nováček and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a synthesis of sustainable development, formulating and promoting a lifestyle that would facilitate the reasonable satisfaction of the needs of all people throughout the world, be environmental friendly, and not exceed the carrying capacity of ecosystems. It details the “big picture” of the human story, discussing cultural evolutions and current global issues, including the influence of humans on the environment. The text is, above all, a comprehensive and future-oriented study, mapping the potential opportunities and threats associated with development. It discusses phenomena that are both easily demonstrable and those which are harder to prove.
Download or read book Sustainable Development or Collapse Regeneration and Transformation written by Pavel Nováček and published by Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are currently confronted with many challenges - poverty, migration, environmental issues etc. We can identify at least three alternative scenarios of future development: sustainable development, sustainable retreat, and/or collapse. During history many civilizations went through periods of rise and fall. But collapse was usually followed by regeneration and transformation. We need to explore our possibilities, how to behave in an era of crisis and try to identify in advance contours of regeneration and transformation of our society into new quality, new stage of development. It would be naive to believe that the 21st century is going to be a terrific era of us all entering a consumer paradise. It would, however, be equally dangerous to become paralysed with fear.
Download or read book An Assault on Poverty written by United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development. Panel on Technology for Basic Needs and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1997 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assault on Poverty: Basic Human Needs, Science, and Technology
Download or read book Natural Resources and Sustainable Development written by Kathy Wilson Peacock and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are more than 6 billion people living on Earth today, and the United Nations predicts that this number will surge to 9.1 billion by the year 2050. However, the natural resources necessary to sustain the world's population-including freshwater, arabl
Download or read book An Assault on Poverty written by IDRC/CRDI and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1997 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does science and technology (S & T) truly have a part to play in meeting basic human needs? Can S & T help the world's communities secure adequate nutrition, health care, water, sanitary facilities, and access to education and information? The role of science and technology in development is certainly one of the most complex and delicate issues facing policymakers and development practitioners today. In An Assault on Poverty, the Panel on Technology for Basic Needs of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development offers analyses of poverty eradication and the role of S & T.
Download or read book biochecmical sciences health and environmental aspects written by and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sylvia Wynter written by Katherine McKittrick and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jamaican writer and cultural theorist Sylvia Wynter is best known for her diverse writings that pull together insights from theories in history, literature, science, and black studies, to explore race, the legacy of colonialism, and representations of humanness. Sylvia Wynter: On Being Human as Praxis is a critical genealogy of Wynter’s work, highlighting her insights on how race, location, and time together inform what it means to be human. The contributors explore Wynter’s stunning reconceptualization of the human in relation to concepts of blackness, modernity, urban space, the Caribbean, science studies, migratory politics, and the interconnectedness of creative and theoretical resistances. The collection includes an extensive conversation between Sylvia Wynter and Katherine McKittrick that delineates Wynter’s engagement with writers such as Frantz Fanon, W. E. B. DuBois, and Aimé Césaire, among others; the interview also reveals the ever-extending range and power of Wynter’s intellectual project, and elucidates her attempts to rehistoricize humanness as praxis.
Download or read book Every Grain of Sand written by J.A. Wainwright and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universal in scope, yet focusing on recognizable Canadian places, this collection of essays connects individuals’ love of nature to larger social issues, to cultural activities, and to sustainable technology. Subjects include activism in Cape Breton, eco-feminism, Native perspectives on the history of humans’ relationship with the natural world, the inconsistency of humankind’s affinity with nature alongside its capacity to destroy, and scientific and traditional accounts of evolution and how they can come together for the welfare of Earth’s ecology. These essays encourage us to break down the power-based divisions of centre versus marginal politics, to talk with our perceived enemies in environmental wars, to consider activism as a personal commitment, and to resist the construction of a “post-natural” world. Using a combination of personal memoirs and formal essays, Every Grain of Sand seeks to involve readers in the extraordinary places they inhabit—and usually take for granted—and will appeal to both the general reader and to students in humanities, social sciences, and environmental studies. It is unique for its presentation of entirely Canadian perspectives on ecology and environmental issues.
Download or read book Reexamining the Scientific Basis for the Linear No threshold Model of Low dose Radiation written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Population Consumption and the Environment written by Harold G. Coward and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how the major world religions view the environmental problems of over population and excess resource consumption, and how they approach possible solutions.
Download or read book Exhibiting Religion written by John P. Burris and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revision of his dissertation (in religion, at U. of California, Santa Barbara), Burris (religious studies, Stetson U.) explores the development of a comparative study of religion as this can be deduced from the exhibits on world religion and culture at 19th-century world expositions. The book's four main themes are: the colonial mindset of the exhibiting of cultures and their religions, the effect of evolutionary theory on the defining of American religious and social hierarchies, the role of the expositions in popularizing the theory of social evolution, and the denigration of "primitive" peoples and their religions through comparative display. The text is as much cultural studies as religious studies and will appeal to those interested in American societal and intellectual trends of this period. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems Third Edition written by Charles F. Kutscher and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS, Third Edition, surveys the range of sustainable energy sources and the tools that engineers, scientists, managers, and policy makers use to analyze energy generation, usage, and future trends. The text provides complete and up-to-date coverage of all renewable technologies, including solar and wind power, biofuels, hydroelectric, nuclear, ocean power, and geothermal energy. The economics of energy are introduced, with the SAM software package integrated so students can explore the dynamics of energy usage and prediction. Climate and environmental factors in energy use are integrated to give a complete picture of sustainable energy analysis and planning.
Download or read book Everybody s Story written by Loyal Rue and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exhilarating tale of natural history illuminates the evolution of matter, life, and consciousness. In Everybody’s Story, Loyal Rue finds the means for global solidarity and cooperation in the shared story of humanity.
