04442nam 2200637 450 991046341180332120200520144314.01-78360-387-91-78360-384-4(CKB)2670000000608693(EBL)2011538(SSID)ssj0001535534(PQKBManifestationID)11867691(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001535534(PQKBWorkID)11501754(PQKB)11706170(MiAaPQ)EBC2011538(MiAaPQ)EBC4708389(Au-PeEL)EBL2011538(CaPaEBR)ebr11043033(OCoLC)907065863(EXLCZ)99267000000060869320150420h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBreathing space the natural and unnatural history of air /Mark EverardLondon, England :Zed Books,2015.©20151 online resource (205 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78360-385-2 1-78360-386-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 SensesThe 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 UseThe 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 ApproachFrom '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 ApproachThe 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 CoverEverard'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.AtmosphereAirElectronic books.Atmosphere.Air.551.5Everard Mark857936MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463411803321Breathing space2093663UNINA