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Humanity's footprint : momentum, impact, and our global environment / Walter K. Dodds

Author
Dodds, Walter K. (Walter Kennedy), 1958-
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
xiv, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Contents
Collision course : an expanding appetite for resources coupled with population growth on a finite planet -- The insidious explosion : global trends in population growth and resource use expand our footprint -- Shock wave from the insidious explosion : momentum of human effects on our planet -- Weeds and shrinking violets : pests on the move and the ecological holocaust -- Survival on a finite earth : the ultimate game, or why human nature destines us to use more than our share -- Why humans foul the nest : cultural and genetic roots run deep -- Searching for answers : can we achieve sustainability, or are we screwed? -- No more business as usual : transcendence, enlightenment, rationalization, hope, and action -- Consilience : socioenvironmental restoration and sustainable inhabitation of Earth.
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ISBN
9780231139663 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231139667 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780231139670 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0231139675 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780231513043 (ebook)
0231513046 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-261) and index.
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