Engineering the climate : the ethics of solar radiation management / / Christopher J. Preston
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| Autore: |
Preston Christopher J (Christopher James), <1968->
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| Titolo: |
Engineering the climate : the ethics of solar radiation management / / Christopher J. Preston
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 174/.93337923 |
| Soggetto topico: | Solar radiation - Management |
| Solar radiation - Moral and ethical aspects | |
| Climatic changes | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-253) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Extraordinary Ethics of Solar Radiation Management; Present and Future Generations; 1 Geoengineering, Solidarity, and Moral Risk; 2 Might Solar Radiation Management Constitute a Dilemma?; 3 Domination and the Ethics of Solar Radiation Management; Marginalized, Vulnerable, and Voiceless Populations; 4 Indigenous Peoples, Solar Radiation Management, and Consent; 5 Solar Radiation Management and Vulnerable Populations; 6 Solar Radiation Management and Nonhuman Species; Moral Hazards and Hidden Benefits; 7 The World That Would Have Been |
| 8 Climate Remediation to Address Social Development ChallengesEthics of Framing and Rhetoric; 9 Insurance Policy or Technological Fix? The Ethical Implications of Framing Solar Radiation Management; 10 Public Concerns about the Ethics of Solar Radiation Management; The Cultural Milieu; 11 The Setting of the Scene; 12 Between Babel and Pelagius; 13 Making Climates; Bibliography; Index; Contributors | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Engineering the Climate: The Ethics of Solar Radiation Management is a wide-ranging and expert analysis of the ethics of the intentional management of solar radiation. This book will be a useful tool for policy-makers, a provocation for ethicists, and an eye-opening analysis for both the scientist and the general reader with interest in climate change. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Engineering the climate |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-7540-8 |
| 0-7391-7541-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816422403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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