Breathing space : the natural and unnatural history of air / / Mark Everard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463411803321
• Autore: Everard Mark
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-78360-387-9; 1-78360-384-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.5
• Soggetti: Atmosphere; Air; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover ; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1: Air and the Making of the Atmosphere; What is Air? ; Unseen Oceans of Gas ; How Did All this Air Get Here? ; Clearing the Air ; The Structure of the Atmosphere ; Life and the Evolving Atmosphere ; Physical Forces of Change ; Meteorological Marvels ; A Natural Greenhouse ; Forecasting the Weather ; The Great Natural Cycles ; Land, Water and Air ; The Deep Interdependence of All Things ; 2: Living in a Bubble; Our Biological Indivisibility ; The Great Connector ; Air and the Human Senses; The Divine Wind A Vital Element ; The Shaping of Places and People ; The Art of Air ; The Language of Air ; Air and Technology ; Air, Exploration, Trade and Travel ; Mining the Air ; Air and Warfare ; And More Factors Besides . . . ; 3: What Does Air Do for Us?; Frameworks for Systemic Understanding ; Systemic Assessment of the Value of Air ; Lessons Learned from this Analysis; The Economic Value of Air ; 4: Abuses of the Air; What Goes Around Comes Around ; Spreading a Bad Odour ; Fouling the Industrial and Urban Airspace ; Seeing the Wood for the Trees; Downsides of Land Use; The Role of Wetlands Other Indirect Contributions ; Reversing Evolution ; ; Complex Substances, Complex Interactions ; Winds of Change ; Less Tangible Problems ; Emerging Challenges ; Into the Anthropocene ; 5: Managing Our Impacts on Air; A Slow Start ; Responding to Growing Concerns About Local Air Pollution ; Acting Across National Borders ; A Climate of Change ; The Voice of Civil Society ; Emerging Issues ; The Legal Status of Air ; Missed Connections ; 6: Thinking in a Connected Way; Thinking as if the World Were Real ; The Journey to a Systemic Approach ; The Ecosystem Approach; From 'Outside In' to 'Inside Out' So How Might We Do Things Differently? ; Lessons Emerging from Case Studies ; 7: Rediscovering Our Place in the Breathing Space; Important Aspects of the Paradigm Shift ; What does this Mean in Practice? ; Valuing the Future ; Revolution or Evolution? ; Securing Our Shared 'Breathing Space' ; 8: Resolution for Integrated Management of the Airspace; Building on Prior Successes ; A Resolution for Integrated Management of the Airspace ; Supporting the Resolution ; Annex: Ecosystem Services and the Ecosystem Approach; The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Classification of Ecosystem Services The Ecosystem Approach ; The 12 Principles of the Ecosystem Approach ; The Five Points of Operational Guidance of the Ecosystem Approach ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index ; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Everard's work represents the long overdue incorporation of air into our wider understanding of ecosystems, and argues persuasively for the need for governments to recognise the importance of air as a resource.