Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, Set

Editor-in ChiefProfessor Ted Munn, Associate, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. He has over 50 years research/teaching experience in the areas of boundary layer meteorology, environmental impact assessment, environmental management and policy formulation. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE). Wiley publish their research monographs (52 titles published to date).Associate EditorsProfessor Michael MacCracken (Volume 1) - Director of the Office of the US Global Change Research Programme (USGCRP), Washington DC, USA. He is a world-renowned academic with over 30 years teaching and research experience in climate modelling.Dr John S Perry (Volume 1)Professor Harold A Mooney (Volume 2) - Paul S Achilles Professor of Environmental Biology, Stanford University, USA. He has over 30 years experience in the areas of biodiversity and ecosystem processes. He is Secretary General of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and past President of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.Dr Joseph Canadell (Volume 2) - GCTE International Project Office, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Canberra, Australia.Professor Ian Douglas (Volume 3) - Professor of Physical Geography, University of Manchester, UK. He has over 30 years experience looking at environmental problems, specializing in tropical geomorphology, hydrology and urban environmental management. He is President of Section E Geography of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and past Co-Chairman of SCOPE.Dr Mostafa Tolba (Volume 4) - President, International Center for Environment and Development, Egypt. He has led more than 1000 international projects in various areas of environmental planning, management and sustainable development and was Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) for over 17 years.Mr Peter Timmerman (Volume 5) - Programme Co-ordinator and Research Director, International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study (IFIAS) and Research Associate, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Canada. He has published widely in the area of environmental ethics.

"...a major contribution to the literature on global environmental change..." (Journal of Climatology (to be published) "...The volumes are very nicely made, making it a pleasure to sit and browse, to discover new details, or to freshen up known facts..." (Environmental Geology, May 2002) "plenty in them to inform and entertain" (Chemistry & Industry, 19 August 2002) "....The encyclopedia is likely to have a very wide readership in view of the scope of the work and the clarity and readability of the entries." (International Journal of Quaternary Science Reviews) "...represents a major contribution to the literature on global environmental change..." (Int Jnl of Climatology, 15 November 2002) "...a unique state-of-the-art review at just the right time..." (The Holocene, Vol.13, No.1, 2003 "...The Encyclopedia will be a valuable source of information ..." (Int Jnl of Environmental Anayltical Chemistry, Vol.82, No.10, 2002) "...deserves a wide readership in major public, university and institutional libraries, but also in companies, international organisation and the media..." (Natur Wissenschaften, June 2003)

• Volume 1. The earth system : physical and chemical dimensions of global environmental change / volume editors, Michael C. MacCracken and John S. Perry Volume 2. The earth system : biological and ecological dimensions of global environmental change / volume editors, Harold A. Mooney and Josep G. CanadellVolume 3. Causes and consequences of global environmental change / volume editor, Ian DouglasVolume 4. Responding to global environmental change / volume editor, Mostafa K. TolbaVolume 5. Social and economic dimensions of global environmental change / volume editor, Peter Timmerman