The Biosphere and Civilization: In the Throes of a Global Crisis

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Danilov-Danil'yan, Victor I. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Reyf, Igor E. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Climate change.; Sustainable development.; Ecosystems.; Nature.; Environment.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Sustainable Development.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.

This book attempts to explain the dire ecological, social, and economic situations facing mankind through simple, yet comprehensive analyses of global ecological issues, poverty, environmental stability and regulation, and sustainable development. The book conveys complex objects of study, namely th...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part 1 Civilization in Crisis: The Edge of the Abyss
• Chapter 1 The Global Ecological Situation
• Chapter 2 A Critically Overpopulated Planet
• Chapter 3 The Ecological Footprint of Modern Man
• Part II Civilization in Crisis: The Edge of the Abyss (Continued)
• Chapter 4 The Social Dimensions of the Crisis
• Chapter 5 Centralized Economics, the Market and Their "Contributions"
• Part III World Society: Politicians and Scientists in Search of an Answer
• Chapter 7 First Steps by the UN and Club of Rome The Computer Model That Rocked the World
• Chapter 8 Programs of Change: Stockholm-Rio de Janeiro-Johannesburg-Rio+20
• Chapter 9 The Path to a Systemic Concept of the Biosphere
• Part IV Permanence of the Planetary Environment and the Concept of Biotic Regulation
• Chapter 10 Abiotic Factors in Forming the Earth's Climate
• Chapter 11 Role of the Biota in Forming the Environment
• Chapter 12 Biotic Mechanisms for Supporting Environmental Stability
• Part V Weighing a Scientific Approach
• Chapter 13 Foundations for Sustainability in Nature and Society
• Chapter 14 Sustainable Development Within the Norms of the Biosphere's Carrying Capacity
• Chapter 15 Prerequisites for Sustainable Development and Maintaining Ecosystems by Country and Continent. Russia's "Special Project"
• Chapter 16 What About Coevolution?
• IN PLACE OF A CONCLUSION: THE DIE IS NOT YET CAST
• Bibliography.