The future of nature
Subtitle: documents of global change
By: edited by Libby Robin, Sverker Sörlin, Paul Warde
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780300184617
Subjects: Global environmental change; Overpopulation; Climatic changes
Description: "This anthology provides an historical overview of the scientific ideas behind environmental prediction and how, as predictions about environmental change have been taken more seriously and widely, they have affected politics, policy, and public perception. Through an array of texts and commentaries that examine the themes of progress, population, environment, biodiversity and sustainability from a global perspective, it explores the meaning of the future in the twenty-first century. Providing access and reference points to the origins and development of key disciplines and methods, it will encourage policy makers, professionals, and students to reflect on the roots of their own theories and practices." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-539) and index.