Biogeochemical Cycles in Globalization and Sustainable Development

• Main Authors: Krapivin, Vladimir F. (Author), Varotsos, Costas A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books, Environmental Sciences
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Geophysics.; Environmental sciences.; Geotechnical engineering.; Sustainable development.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Sustainable Development.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Climate Change.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

This valuable study of environmental subsystems functioning under various climatic and anthropogenic conditions provides a unique insight into the social context of global changes in biogeochemical cycles and demonstrates current understanding of globalization and sustainable development.

Table of Contents:

• Globalization and biogeochemical cycles
• The role of biogeochemical cycles in global ecodynamics
• Numerical modeling of global carbon change
• Modeling the interactive cycles of greenhouse gases and other chemicals
• Monitoring the cycles of chemical substances in the environment
• Multi-dimensional analysis of interactivity between global ecodynamics and the Arctic Basin
• Nature-society system and climate, its interactive component.