Graham Chapman, Thackwray Driver

• List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Preface, 1 TIME, MANKIND, AND THE EARTH, 2 LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY AND INSTABILITY IN THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS, 3 THE CENTURY TIME-SCALE, 4 IDENTIFYING THE TIME-SCALES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: THE INSTRUMENTAL RECORD, 5 FUTURE GLOBAL WARMING: RESOLVING THE CLIMATOLOGIST AND ECONOMIST CONFLICT, 6 GREENHOUSE POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTION TIMETABLE: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE, 7 CONFLICTING TIME-SCALES: POLITICS, THE MEDIA, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 8 ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: SOIL EROSION, ANIMALS, AND PASTURES OVER THE LONGER TERM, 9 REFRAMING FOREST HISTORY: A RADICAL REAPPRAISAL OF THE ROLES OF PEOPLE AND CLIMATE IN WEST AFRICAN VEGETATION CHANGE, 10 ECONOMIC ACTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT: PROBLEMS OF TIME AND PREDICTABILITY, 11 INDIA, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, 12 CONCLUSION, INDEX

Graham Chapman, Thackwray Driver

• List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Preface, 1 TIME, MANKIND, AND THE EARTH, 2 LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY AND INSTABILITY IN THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS, 3 THE CENTURY TIME-SCALE, 4 IDENTIFYING THE TIME-SCALES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: THE INSTRUMENTAL RECORD, 5 FUTURE GLOBAL WARMING: RESOLVING THE CLIMATOLOGIST AND ECONOMIST CONFLICT, 6 GREENHOUSE POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTION TIMETABLE: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE, 7 CONFLICTING TIME-SCALES: POLITICS, THE MEDIA, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 8 ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: SOIL EROSION, ANIMALS, AND PASTURES OVER THE LONGER TERM, 9 REFRAMING FOREST HISTORY: A RADICAL REAPPRAISAL OF THE ROLES OF PEOPLE AND CLIMATE IN WEST AFRICAN VEGETATION CHANGE, 10 ECONOMIC ACTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT: PROBLEMS OF TIME AND PREDICTABILITY, 11 INDIA, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, 12 CONCLUSION, INDEX

Graham Chapman, Thackwray Driver

• List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Preface, 1 TIME, MANKIND, AND THE EARTH, 2 LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY AND INSTABILITY IN THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS, 3 THE CENTURY TIME-SCALE, 4 IDENTIFYING THE TIME-SCALES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: THE INSTRUMENTAL RECORD, 5 FUTURE GLOBAL WARMING: RESOLVING THE CLIMATOLOGIST AND ECONOMIST CONFLICT, 6 GREENHOUSE POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE PREDICTION TIMETABLE: AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE, 7 CONFLICTING TIME-SCALES: POLITICS, THE MEDIA, AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 8 ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: SOIL EROSION, ANIMALS, AND PASTURES OVER THE LONGER TERM, 9 REFRAMING FOREST HISTORY: A RADICAL REAPPRAISAL OF THE ROLES OF PEOPLE AND CLIMATE IN WEST AFRICAN VEGETATION CHANGE, 10 ECONOMIC ACTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT: PROBLEMS OF TIME AND PREDICTABILITY, 11 INDIA, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, 12 CONCLUSION, INDEX