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Brown, Lester R.; And Others – 1993
This tenth edition of "State of the World" is divided into ten sections, each written by a different author, concerning different environment related topics. Section one, titled "A New Era Unfolds," discusses the economic costs of environmental degradation, the slowing of growth in food output, the end of rapid gross national…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Conservation (Environment), Ecological Factors, Ecology
Peer reviewedWoodwell, G. M. – BioScience, 1974
Offers a contemporary analysis of the interaction of man and the rest of the biota. Suggests that the dependence of man on nature is, more than the crisis of energy and world economics, the emergent scientific and political issue of the next years. (JR)
Descriptors: Ecological Factors, Ecology, Economic Factors, Energy
Download full textBrown, Lester R. – 1978
The purpose of this book is to examine the interaction of the world's ecological, economic, and social systems. It is divided into 12 chapters, with the first chapter providing an introduction and overview. Chapter two assesses the dimensions of the ecological stresses being put on the environment, specifically, the world's oceans, forests,…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Climate, Climate Control, Conservation (Environment)
