Autore	Washington Haydn <1955-, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge/Earthscan, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (185 p.)
Disciplina	304.2
Soggetto topico	Nature - Effect of human beings on Human ecology Dependency (Psychology) - Social aspects Environmental degradation Environmental protection Environmental responsibility Climatic changes - Environmental aspects Climatic changes - Social aspects
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-71656-9 0-203-09556-1 1-136-21460-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Energy is Life -- The Great Cycles -- Ecosystem Services : Essential but Overlooked -- Collapse -- Psychological and Spiritual Dependence on Nature -- The Great Divide : Anthropocentrism vs. Ecocentrism -- Dealing with Denial -- Do We Have a Problem? -- Solutions to Keep Our Roots in the Earth -- Conclusion: Regrowing our Roots in the Earth.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462309603321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (99 p.)
Disciplina	304.2/8
Collana	Compass series
Soggetto topico	Climatic changes - Social aspects - United States Nature - Effect of human beings on
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-18581-3 9786610185818 0-309-59358-1 0-585-08495-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910456115203321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (99 p.)
Disciplina	304.2/8
Collana	Compass series
Soggetto topico	Climatic changes - Social aspects - United States Nature - Effect of human beings on
ISBN	0-309-18444-4 1-280-18581-3 9786610185818 0-309-59358-1 0-585-08495-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- CASE STUDIES: CONTRIBUTIONS OF HUMAN DIMENSIONS RESEARCH IN ADDRESSING GLOBAL CHANGE -- Human Dimensions Research and the IPCC -- Consequences of Climate Change and Variability at the Regional Level -- KEY SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS -- What Are the Major Causes of Changes in the Global Environment -- Human Activity and Land Use Change -- Human Impacts on Coastal and Marine Ecosystems -- Changes in Energy and Materials Use -- WHAT ARE THE HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE? -- Consequences of Future Climate Changes -- Impacts of Past and Present Climate Variability -- Ozone Depletion -- Environmental Change and Security -- WHAT ARE THE POTENTIAL HUMAN RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHANGE? -- International Environmental Policy -- National and Local Institutions -- Market Mechanisms -- Valuation of Responses to Global Change -- Understanding Risk, Uncertainty, and Complex Choices -- Integrated Assessment -- What Are the Underlying Social Processes, or Driving Forces, Behind the Human Relationship to the Global Environment? -- Public Attitudes and Values -- Individual and Household Behavior -- Economic Transformations -- Human Population Dynamics -- Technological Change -- LESSONS LEARNED -- Relative Importance of Socioeconomic Uncertainty -- Complex Determination of Environmentally Significant Consumption -- Importance of Vulnerability Analysis in Impact Assessment -- Importance of Institutional Design to Environmental Resource Management -- Importance of Both Analysis and Deliberative Procedure in Environmental Decision Making -- Importance of a Broad-Based Infrastructure -- Significance of Improved Observational Methods and Data Systems. RESEARCH IMPERATIVES -- Social Determinants of Environmentally Significant Consumption -- Sources and Processes of Technological Change -- Regionally Relevant Climate Change Assessments and Seasonal to Interannual Climate Predictions -- Social and Environmental Surprises -- Effective Institutions for Managing Global Environmental Change -- Changes in Land Use/Land Cover and Patterns of Migration -- Methods for Improving Decision Making About Global Change -- Improve Integration of Human Dimensions Research with USGCRP Science Themes and with Other International Research -- Improve Geographic Links to Existing Social and Health Data -- CONCLUSION: KEY RESEARCH ISSUES FOR THE USGCRP -- NOTES -- REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910826177703321

Autore	Goudie Andrew
Edizione	[7th ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (424 p.)
Disciplina	304.2
Soggetto topico	Nature - Effect of human beings on
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-118-57825-2 1-299-46460-2 1-118-57762-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	pt. 1. The past and present -- pt. 2. The future.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910452436603321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (332 p.)
Disciplina	930.1028/04
Altri autori (Persone)	RickTorben C ErlandsonJon
Soggetto topico	Coastal archaeology Underwater archaeology Prehistoric peoples Fishing, Prehistoric Nature - Effect of human beings on Marine mammals - Effect of human beings on Marine mammal remains (Archaeology)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-35935-5 9786612359354 0-520-93429-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Archaeology, Marine Ecology, And Human Impacts On Marine Environments -- 2. Short And Sometimes Sharp Human Impacts On Marine Resources In The Archaeology And History Of South Polynesia -- 3. Aleut Hunters, Sea Otters, And Sea Cows Three Thousand Years Of Interactions In The Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska -- 4. Historical Ecology And Human Impacts On Coastal Ecosystems Of The Santa Barbara Channel Region, California -- 5. Long-Term Effects Of Human Predation On Marine Ecosystems In Guerrero, Mexico -- 6. Ancient Fisheries And Marine Ecology Of Coastal Peru -- 7. Human Impacts On Marine Environments In The West Indies During The Middle To Late Holocene -- 8. Possible Prehistoric Fishing Effects On Coastal Marine Food Webs In The Gulf Of Maine -- 9. Codfish And Kings, Seals And Subsistence Norse Marine Resource Use In The North Atlantic -- 10. Historical Ecology Of The North Sea Basin An Archaeological Perspective And Some Problems Of Methodology -- 11. Twenty Thousand Years Of Fishing In The Strait Archaeological Fish And Shellfish Assemblages From Southern Iberia -- 12. Human Impact On Precolonial West Coast Marine Environments Of South Africa -- 13. Archaeology, Historical Ecology, And The Future Of Ocean Ecosystems -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910455424503321