The new Gaia atlas of planet management
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The new Gaia atlas of planet management
Gaia Books, 2005
Available at 1 libraries
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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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