Earth System Science in the Anthropocene

Emerging Issues and Problems

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

Earth System Science in the Anthropocene aims to provide an in-depth perspective and update on special topics in Global Environmental Change in relation to Human Security. It is also an up-to-date report on emerging necessities in Global Environmental Change research as well as suggestions for its future development.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-02-12
Mått:155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:442 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:268
Förlag:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN:9783642065903

Utforska kategorier

Geovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The Anthropocene.- Global Change Research in the Anthropocene: Introductory Remarks.- Managing Global Change: Earth System Science in the Anthropocene.- The “Anthropocene”.- Sustainability Science.- What about Complexity of Earth Systems?.- Global Change and Human Security.- Climate Change, New Weather Extremes and Climate Policy.- Assessing Human Vulnerability to Global Climatic Change.- Fire Ecology of the Recent Anthropocene.- Disaster Prevention.- Global Environmental Change and Human Health.- Urban Disasters as Indicators of Global Environmental Change: Assessing Functional Varieties of Vulnerability.- Energy in a Sustainable Development Perspective.- Interfaces between Nature and Society.- Integrative Water Research: GLOWA Volta.- Carbon Cycle Research as a Challenge of the Anthropocene.- International Institutions and the Carbon Regime.- Global Environmental Change and Food Systems GECAFS: A new interdisciplinary research project.- Food Security in South Asia.- Scientific Challenges for Anthropogenic Research in the 21st Century.- Scientific Challenges for Anthropogenic Research in the 21st Century: Problems of Scale.