The new Gaia atlas of planet management

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The new Gaia atlas of planet management

Norman Myers & Jennifer Kent

Gaia Books, 2005

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On cover: An enlarged, fully updated and revised edition of the classic best-seller for the third millennium

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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

Table of Contents

  • 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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Details

  • NCID
    BA79725463
  • ISBN
    • 1856752097
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    304 p.
  • Size
    33 cm
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