LEADER 03949nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910965244203321 005 20251116230615.0 010 $a1-282-85740-1 010 $a9786612857409 010 $a0-7735-6532-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773565326 035 $a(CKB)1000000000520899 035 $a(EBL)3330847 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282876 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11233585 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282876 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10336275 035 $a(PQKB)10306283 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400711 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330847 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141517 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285740 035 $a(OCoLC)929121102 035 $a(DE-B1597)654798 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773565326 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/ckfs17 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400711 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330847 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000520899 100 $a19950224d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPlanet earth $eproblems and prospects /$fedited by James A. Leith, Raymond A. Price, and John H. Spencer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMontreal ;$aBuffalo $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc1995 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aPapers originally presented at a conference held at Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., 1991. 311 08$a0-7735-1312-4 311 08$a0-7735-1292-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Preface""; ""1 Humankind: The Agent and Victim of Global Change in the Geosphere-Biosphere System""; ""2 Our Common Future: World Development and the Environment""; ""3 Changes in Climates of the Past: Lessons for the Future""; ""4 World Hunger, Livelihoods, and the Environment""; ""5 Species Impoverishment""; ""6 The Interface of Health, Population, and Development: The Ecology of Health""; ""7 Environmental Toxicology""; ""8 Aboriginal Peoples: The Canadian Experience""; ""9 Science and Politics on Planet Earth"" 327 $a""Appendix: Principal's Introduction""""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z"" 330 $aThe conference took advantage of the confluence of meetings of the Royal Society of Canada, the Learned Societies of Canada, and the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Planet Earth, a compendium of papers presented at the conference, is the result. Contents Humankind: Agent and Victim of Global Change in the Geosphere-Biosphere System - Digby J. McLaren Our Common Future: World Development and the Environment - Alistair M. Taylor and Duncan M. Taylor Changes in Climates of the Past: Lessons for the Future - Michael B. McElroy World Hunger, Livelihoods, and the Environment - Gita Sen Species Impoverishment - M. Brock Fenton The Interface of Health, Population, and Development: The Ecology of Health - Rex Fendall Environmental Toxicology - Gabriel L. Plaa Aboriginal Peoples: The Canadian Experience? - Marlene Brant Castellano Science and Politics on Planet Earth - Michael Ignatieff. 606 $aHuman ecology$vCongresses 606 $aEcology$vCongresses 606 $aEnvironmental management$vCongresses 615 0$aHuman ecology 615 0$aEcology 615 0$aEnvironmental management 676 $a333.7 701 $aLeith$b James A$0212561 701 $aPrice$b Raymond A$01891959 701 $aSpencer$b John H$g(John Hedley),$f1933-$01891960 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965244203321 996 $aPlanet earth$94536534 997 $aUNINA