Embracing the anthropocene : managing human impact / / edited with an introduction by Howard Burton

• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified] : , : Ideas Roadshow, , [2021]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (49 pages)
• Disciplina: 304.2
• Soggetto topico: Nature - Effect of human beings on
• Persona (resp. second.): BurtonHoward
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction -- The Conversation -- I. Becoming A Geographer -- II. The Anthropocene -- III. What We Know -- IV. Unchecked Opinion -- V. Planetary Perspectives -- VI. Becoming Social -- Continuing the Conversation.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Mark Maslin, Professor of Geography at University College London. The conversation explores Prof. Maslin's research on the Anthropocene which according to his definition began when human impacts on the planet irrevocably started to change the course of the Earth's biological and geographical trajectory, leading to climate change, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, and more.This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, On Being A Superpower, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter. Howard Burton was the Founding Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and an MA in philosophy. This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to provide a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.
• Titolo autorizzato: Embracing the anthropocene
• ISBN: 1-77170-133-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824393703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ideas Roadshow Conversations