Sustainable Development in Changing Complex Earth Systems

Dr. Attila Kerényi is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Landscape Protection and Environmental Geography at the University of Debrecen. He has over 150 publications in peer reviewed journals, and his main research interests include geomorphology, soil erosion processes, and environmental and landscape protection. Dr. Richard William McIntosh is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mineralogy and Geology at the University of Debrecen. His research interests include structural geology, geological mapping, and sustainable geothermal energy.

• Chapter1. Some remarks on sustainable development.- Chapter2. Structure and operation of systems, models of the global earth system.- Chapter3. The global earth system at the beginning of the 21st century.- Chapter4. Steps towards realising global sustainable development.