In 1991, a remarkable symposium brought together humanists, historians, earth scientists, biologists, medical scientists, physicians, sociologists, and Native people to discuss the problems facing planet Earth and identify solutions and ways to avert impending catastrophes.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 333.7
- General Note
- Papers originally presented at a conference held at Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., 1991 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9780773565326 0773512926
- LCCN
- QE1
- LCCN Item number
- J67 1995eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xii, 196 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00200735 (CaBNVSL)slc00200735 (CaBNVSL) (CaBNVSL)gtp00523324 (OCoLC)181843632 (CaOOCEL)400711
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Figures 8
- Tables 10
- Preface 12
- 1 Humankind: The Agent and Victim of Global Change in the Geosphere-Biosphere System 16
- 2 Our Common Future: World Development and the Environment 38
- 3 Changes in Climates of the Past: Lessons for the Future 56
- 4 World Hunger, Livelihoods, and the Environment 80
- 5 Species Impoverishment 95
- 6 The Interface of Health, Population, and Development: The Ecology of Health 124
- 7 Environmental Toxicology 162
- 8 Aboriginal Peoples: The Canadian Experience 173
- 9 Science and Politics on Planet Earth 185
- Appendix: Principal's Introduction 192
- Contributors 194
- Index 202
- A 202
- B 202
- C 203
- D 203
- E 204
- F 205
- G 205
- H 205
- I 206
- J 206
- K 206
- L 206
- M 207
- N 207
- O 207
- P 207
- R 208
- S 208
- T 209
- U 209
- V 209
- W 209
- Z 209
