Challenges of a Changing Earth : Proceedings of the Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 10-13 July 2001 /

This book presents a state-of-the-science overview of global change and its consequences for human societies. It highlights four areas of critical importance - food, water resources, air quality and the carbon cycle - from both science and policy perspectives, and points the way towards the new scie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Steffen, Will
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Jäger, Jill, Carson, David J., Bradshaw, Clare
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2003.
Series:	Global Change -- The IGBP Series (closed)
Subjects:	Global environmental change > Congresses. Global environmental change. Electronic books. Conference proceedings.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Towards a Scientific Understanding of Global Change
Achievements and Challenges: Food, Land, Water and Oceans; Air Quality in the 21st Century; The Global Carbon Cycle; Global Change and the Challenge for the Future
Advances in Understanding: Global Biogeochemistry; Land-Ocean Interactions; The Climate System; Hot-Spots of Land-Use Change
Looking to the Future: Simulating and Observing the Earth System; Does the Earth System Need Biodiversity; Can Technology Spare the Planet; Towards Global Sustainability
Amsterdam Declaration on Global Change.