The state of the Earth : environmental challenges on the road to 2100 / Paul K. Conkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conkin, Paul Keith, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The present era of staggering scientific and technological innovations, with major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, and communications, seems to document unparalleled human achievement. Yet when we examine the long-term implications, it becomes clear that an ever-growing number of humans have threatened the delicate environmental balance that sustains life on this planet. The past century may be remembered not as a period of great progress but as one marked by unrestrained consumption and failure to come close to a sustainable use of the earth's limited natural resources. In

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Part Two; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Part Three; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Part Four; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Part Five; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Afterword; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-297) and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612937279

9781282937277

1282937278

9780813171524

0813171520

OCLC:

145557717