Science Magazine's State of the Planet 2006-2007
Science Magazine's State of the Planet 2006-2007 is a unique contribution that brings together leading environmental scientists and researchers to give readers a comprehensive yet accessible overview of current issues. Included are explanatory essays from Science magazine editor-in-chief Donald Kennedy that tie together the issues and explore the relationships among them. Each of the book's 18 chapters is written by the world's leading experts, such as:
Joel Cohen on population
Peter Gleick on water
Daniel Pauly on fisheries
Thomas Karl on climate change science
Paul Portney on energy and development
Elinor Ostrom and Thomas Dietz on commons management
Interspersed throughout are Science news pieces that highlight particular issues and cases relevant to the main scientific findings. An added feature is the inclusion of definitions of key terms and concepts that help students and nonspecialists understand the issues. Published biennially, State of the Planet is a clear, accessible guide for readers of all levels-from students to professionals.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Donald Kennedy
Living Resources
Life on a Human-Dominated Planet
Donald Kennedy
1. Human Population: The Next Half Century
Joel E. Cohen
2. Prospects for Biodiversity
Martin Jenkins
3. World Fisheries: The Next 50 Years
Daniel Pauly, Jackie Alder, Elena Bennett, Villy Christensen, Peter Tyedmers, and Reg Watson
Physical Resources
Preserving the Conditions for Life
Donald Kennedy
4. Tropical Soils and Food Security: The Next 50 Years
Michael A. Stocking
5. Global Freshwater Resources: Soft-Path Solutions for the 21st Century
Peter H. Gleick
6. Energy Resources and Global Development
Jeffrey Chow, Raymond J. Kopp, and Paul R. Portney
7. Global Air Quality and Pollution
Hajime Akimoto
8. Modern Global Climate Change
Thomas R. Karl and Kevin E. Trenberth
The Commons
Managing our Common Inheritance
Donald Kennedy
9. The Tragedy of the Commons
Garrett Hardin
10. The Struggle to Govern the Commons
Thomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom, and Paul C. Stern
11. Social Capital and the Collective Management of Resources
Jules Pretty
12. Managing Tragedies: Understanding Conflict over Common Pool Resources
William M. Adams, Dan Brockington, Jane Dyson, and Bhaskar Vira
13. Global Food Security: Challenges and Policies
Mark W. Rosegrant and Sarah A. Cline
14. New Visions for Addressing Sustainability
A. J. McMichael, C. D. Butler, and Carl Folke
15. The Burden of Chronic Disease
C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor and Enamul Karim
16. The Challenge of Long-Term Climate Change
K. Hasselmann, M. Latif, G. Hooss, C. Azar, O. Edenhofer, C. C. Jaeger, O. M. Johannessen, C. Kemfert, M. Welp, and A. Wokaun
17. Climate Change: The Political Situation
Robert T. Watson
18. Tales from a Troubled Marriage: Science and Law in Environmental Policy
Oliver Houck
Index
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