The New Gaia Atlas of Planet Management Norman Myers

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The definitive guide to a planet in critical transition, providing a blueprint for our survival. Explains how we can mend our ways and redress the situation.

The New Gaia Atlas of Planet Management Zusammenfassung

The New Gaia Atlas of Planet Management: People as Planet Managers Norman Myers

Definitive guide to a planet in critical transition, providing a blueprint for our survival Maps and analyses our living planet at a point in its evolution, as we humans threaten to disrupt and exhaust its life-support systems Shows what a complex and magnificent world we have inherited, how it works and what bad stewards we have been Explains how we can mend our ways and re-dress the situation Divided into seven topics, this book takes a clear and structured approach, allowing the reader to examine any critical area of concern

Über Norman Myers

PROFESSOR NORMAN MYERS IS AN HONORARY VISITING FELLOW OF GREEN COLLEGE, OXFORD UNIVERSITY AND A VISITING PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITIES OF HARVARD, CORNELL, STANFORD, CALIFORNIA, MICHIGAN AND TEXAS. HE HAS SERVED AS SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR TO MANY GOVERNMENTS, INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AND ACADEMIC BODIES INCLUDING THE WHITE HOUSE, NATO AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION. AMOUNG THE VARIOUS FORMS OF RECOGNITION RECEIVED IS BEING AWARDED A QUEEN'S HONOUR FOR 'SERVICES TO THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT' AND THE 2001 BLUE PLANET PRIZE.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 The land potential, the land crisis and managing the land; Part 2 The ocean potential, the ocean crisis and managing the ocean; Part 3 The elemental potential, the elemental crisis and managing the elements; Part 4 The evolutionary potential, evolution in crisis and evolution in management; Part 5 The humankind potential and crisis - the inability to participate and managing ourselves; Part 6 The power of civilisation and crisis - the divided world and managing our civilisation; Part 7 The management potential and crisis - the threat of war and under new management.

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GOR002506586

ISBN 13

9781856752091

ISBN 10

1856752097

Titel

The New Gaia Atlas of Planet Management: People as Planet Managers Norman Myers

Autor

Norman Myers

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Bindung

Gebundene Ausgabe

Verlag

Octopus Publishing Group

Datum

20050915

Anzahl der Seiten

304

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