An Agenda of Science for Environment and Development Into the 21st CenturyJames Dooge, Maureen Brennan Cambridge University Press, 1992 M05 28 - 331 pages This volume brings together the understanding and the judgment of the world's scientific community on the issues of highest priority for the future of the environment and development. It looks beyond the state of the art and formulates the environment and development research agenda and identifies the scientific knowledge base that will be needed for rational policy decisions during the coming decades. Diverse topics such as population, land use, energy, and global cycles are covered under sixteen themes that have been grouped into three sections: "Problems of Environment and Development" "Scientific Understanding of the Earth System" and "Responses and Strategies". |
Contents
I | 1 |
II | 5 |
III | 13 |
IV | 15 |
V | 17 |
VI | 21 |
VII | 25 |
VIII | 33 |
XXIII | 127 |
XXIV | 129 |
XXV | 157 |
XXVI | 173 |
XXVII | 187 |
XXVIII | 203 |
XXIX | 219 |
XXX | 221 |
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Africa agricultural anthropogenic areas ASCEND 21 assessment atmosphere billion biodiversity biogeochemical biogeochemical cycles biological biomass biosphere capacity building capita carbon carbon dioxide Chapter chemical climate change coastal Conference consumption cultural cycle degradation developing countries Earth System ecological Ecological Economics economic ecosystems effects efficiency emissions energy environment and development example forests fossil fuel freshwater future global change hydrologic hydrologic cycle ICSU IIASA impacts important improved increase industrialized countries institutions interactions International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme IPCC issues knowledge land land degradation major marine measures methane models natural nitrogen oceans organisms ozone P.O. Box pollution population growth predict processes production Prof programs reduce regions response role scale scenarios science and technology scientific community scientists sector social society soil species strategies studies sulfur sustainable development terrestrial tropical UNCED understanding UNESCO waste water resources World Bank