دانلود کتاب The Future of Nature: Documents of Global Change

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Contents\nPreface\nHow to Use This Book\nIntroduction Documenting Global Change\nPart 1. Population Are We Too Many, or Are We Too Greedy?\nAn Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)\nThe Shadow of the World’s Future (1928)\n“Ghost Acreage” (1962)\nThe Population Bomb (1968)\nPart 2. Sustainability Are We Limited by Knowledge or Resources ?\nSylvicultura oeconomica (1713)\nSylvicultura oeconomica\nThe Coal Question (1865)\n“Possible Limits of Raw-Material Consumption” (1956)\nThe Limits to Growth (1972)\nPart 3. Geographies Are Human and Natural Futures Determined or Chosen?\nThe Pulse of Asia (1907)\n“Nature Versus The Australian” (1920)\nThe Northward Course of Empire (1922)\nPart 4. “The Environment” How Did the Idea Emerge?\nHow Did the Idea Emerge?\nDeserts on the March (1935)\nRoad to Survival (1948)\nSilent Spring (1962)\nPart 5. Ecology How Do We Understand Natural Systems?\nEssay on the Geography of Plants (1807)\n“The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts and Terms” (1935)\nFundamentals of Ecology (1953)\nResilience and Stability of Ecological Systems (1973)\nPart 6. Technology Does Technology Create More Problems Than It Solves?\nThe Tree of Science (1857)\nTo Choose a Future (1972)\n“The Dynamics of Energy Systems and the Logistic Substitution Model” (1979)\nPart 7. Climate How Can We Predict Change?\n“On the Transmission of Heat” (1859)\n“On the Infl uence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground” (1896)\n“Seasonal Foreshadowing” (1930)\n“The Artifi cial Production of Carbon Dioxide and Its Infl uence on Temperature” (1938)\n“Unpleasant Surprises in the Greenhouse?” (1987)\n“Climate and Atmospheric History of the Past 420,000 Years from the Vostok Ice Core, Antarctica” (1999)\nPart 8. Diversity Why Do We Need It, and Can We Conserve It?\nThe Invaders (1958)\nThe Forestry Projections and the Environment: Global-Scale Environmental Impacts (1980)\n“What Is Conservation Biology?” (1985)\n“Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique” (1997)\nPart 9 Measuring How Do We Turn the World into Data?\nAn Investigation of the Currents of the Atlantic Ocean (1832)\n“Current Problems in Meteorology” (1957)\nNature’s Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems (1997)\nThe Economics of Climate Change (2006)\nPart 10. The Anthropocene How Can We Live in a World Where There Is No Nature Without People?\n“The ‘Anthropocene’’’ (2000)\n“A Safe Operating Space for Humanity” (2009)\n“Reducing the Future to Climate: A Story of Climate Determinism and Reductionism” (2011)\nSelect Bibliography\nAcknowledgments\nCommentators\nSelection Credits\nIndex\nAbout the editors