Changing the Global Environment

ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsI. Perspectives on the Biosphere 1. Science and the Global Environment 2. Man's Role in Managing the Global Environment 3. The Impact of Life on the Planet Earth: Some General Considerations 4. From Planetary Atmospheres to Microbial Communities: A Stroll Through Space and Time 5. Sustainable Use of the Global Ocean 6. Deforestation and Extinction of Species 7. Large-Scale Alteration of Biological Productivity Due to Transported Pollutants 8. Food Problems in the Next Decades 9. Soil Degradation and Conversion of Tropical Rainforests 10. Nuclear Winter, Current UnderstandingII. Some of the Ways We Can Learn About Our Global Environment 11. Modern Chemical Technologies for Assessment and Solution of Environmental Problems 12. The Search for Nonrenewable Resources in the Next Twenty Years 13. Remote Sensing of Environmental Change in the Developing World 14. The Application of Remote Sensing in South America: Perspectives for the Future Based on Recent Experiences 15. Geographic Information Systems and Natural Resource Issues at the State Level 16. The Global Environment Monitoring System and the Need for a Global Resource Data Base 17. The Use of Remote Sensing to Assess Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Facilities 18. Linking Ecological Networks and Models to Remote Sensing Programs 19. Observing the Earth in the Next DecadesIII. Social and Economic Policy Issues 20. Sustainable Futures: Some Economic Issues 21. Ethical and Economic Systems for Managing the Global Commons 22. Managing Natural Resources: The Local Level 23. Social Values and Environmental Quality 24. Technology and the Environment 25. Management of High Technology: A Cure or Cause of Global Environmental Changes? 26. Better Resource Management Through the Adoption of New Technologies 27. The Search for Effective Pollution Control PoliciesIndex