Earth system analysis for sustainability

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author Dahlem Workshop on Earth System Analysis for Sustainability Berlin, Germany
Other Authors Schellnhuber, Hans-Joachim
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press in cooperation with Dahlem University Press, c2004.
SeriesDahlem workshop reports.
Subjects
Environmental sciences > Congresses.
System analysis > Congresses.
Sustainable development > Congresses.
Human ecology > Congresses.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262310635
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xiv, 454 p.) : ill., maps.

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Table of Contents:
  • Dahlem Workshops vii
  • 1 Science for Global Sustainability: Toward a New Paradigm / W. C. Clark, P. J. Crutzen, H. J. Schellnhuber 1
  • 2 What Does History Teach Us about the Major Transitions and Role of Disturbances in the Evolution of Life and of the Earth System? / T. M. Lenton, K. G. Caldeira, E. Szathmary 29
  • 3 Is Life an Unavoidable Planetary Phenomenon Given the Right Conditions? / F. Westall, F. D. Drake 53
  • 4 What Are the Necessary Conditions for Origin of Life and Subsequent Planetary Life-support Systems? / S. A. Franck, G. A. Zavarzin 73
  • 5 Destiny of Humankind from an Astrobiology Point of View: Does Astrobiology Provide an Exit Option for Terrestrial Mismanagement? / G. Horneck, H. J. Schellnhuber 91
  • 6 Group Report: Long-term Geosphere-Biosphere Coevolution and Astrobiology / T. M. Lenton, Rapporteur, K. G. Caldeira, S. A. Franck, G. Horneck, A. Jolly, E. Rabbow, H. J. Schellnhuber, E. Szathmary, F. Westall, G. A. Zavarzin, H. Zimmermann-Timm 111
  • 7 What Do We Know about Potential Modes of Operation of the Quaternary Earth System? / M. Claussen, H. Held, D. P. Schrag 141
  • 8 Modes of Oceanic and Atmospheric Circulation during the Quaternary / S. Rahmstorf, F. Sirocko 157
  • 9 What Is the Quaternary Phase-space Topology According to Cryosphere Dynamics? / A. J. Payne 171
  • 10 Group Report: Possible States and Modes of Operation of the Quaternary Earth System / A. J. Watson, Rapporteur, V. Brovkin, M. Claussen, P. G. Falkowski, H. Held, A. J. Payne, S. Rahmstorf, R. J. Scholes, D. P. Schrag, F. Sirocko 189
  • 11 Human Footprints in the Ecological Landscape / P. G. Falkowski, D. Tchernov 211
  • 12 How Humankind Came to Rival Nature: A Brief History of the Human-Environment Condition and the Lessons Learned / B. L. Turner II, S. R. McCandless 227
  • 13 Anthropogenic Modification of Land, Coastal, and Atmospheric Systems as Threats to the Functioning of the Earth System / M. O. Andreae, L. Talaue-McManus, P. A. Matson 245
  • 14 Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate in the Anthropocene: Where Are We Heading? / P. J. Crutzen, V. Ramanathan 265
  • 15 Assessing and Simulating the Altered Functioning of the Earth System in the Anthropocene / P. M. Cox, N. Nakicenovic 293
  • 16 Group Report: Earth System Dynamics in the Anthropocene / W. Steffen, Rapporteur, M. O. Andreae, B. Bolin, P. M. Cox, P. J. Crutzen, U. Cubasch, H. Held, N. Nakicenovic, L. Talaue-McManus, B. L. Turner II 313
  • 17 The Mental Component of the Earth System / W. Lucht, R. K. Pachauri 341
  • 18 What Kind of System of Science (and Technology) Is Needed to Support the Quest for Sustainable Development? / G. C. Gallopin 367
  • 19 Institutions, Science, and Technology in the Transition to Sustainability / R. B. Mitchell, P. Romero Lankao 387
  • 20 Group Report: Sustainability / A. P. Kinzig, Rapporteur, W. C. Clark, O. Edenhofer, G. C. Gallopin, W. Lucht, R. B. Mitchell, P. Romero Lankao, S. Sreekesh, C. Tickell, O. R. Young 409.

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