"The Common Heritage: What Heritage? Common to Whom?"
The anthropocentric ethic implicit in all solutions regarding global commons is contrasted with the ecocentric one which may be necessary to preserve the biosphere in the future.
The anthropocentric ethic implicit in all solutions regarding global commons is contrasted with the ecocentric one which may be necessary to preserve the biosphere in the future.
A history of the role of American society in shaping the policies of the United States Forest Service.
The book examines the natural and economic resource competition between Phoenix and Tucson and the other factors contributing to the divergent growth of the two cities.
Common, Blamey, and Norton discuss the connections between sustainability and environmental valuation for economists.
Wilfred Beckerman responds to the Jacobs and Daly criticisms of his earlier article in the same journal criticising the concept of “sustainable development.”
Bartholow, Douglas, and Taylor review the AWARE(TM) software distributed by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
Karabash is one of the largest copper-smelting centers in Russia and open-pit copper extraction has been conducted there since 1837. In 1996, Karabash and its surrounding area were declared an ecological disaster zone. The city is still considered to be one of the most polluted places in the world.
Liza Piper talks about the industrialization of Canada’s northwest subarctic region between 1920 and 1960.
The graphic reproduction shows the icebear hunt in Greenland, several sailing ships and boats from that time, the long-tailed monkey mentioned in the title, and even a whale in the background.
A comprehensive history of the development of Houston, examining the factors that have facilitated large-scale energy production and unprecedented growth—and the environmental cost of that development.