Global Environmental Risk [Paperback]

United Nations (Author), Roger E. Kasperson (Author), Jeanne X. Kasperson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2001

Despite international initiatives such as the Earth Summit in 1992 and ongoing efforts to implement the Kyoto Protocol, human activities continue to register a destructive toll on the planetary environment. At root, research on global environmental risk seeks new pathways for reversing unsustainable trends, curtailing ongoing destructive activities, and creating a life-sustaining planet. This book takes stock of the distinctive challenges posed by global environmental risks, the capacity of knowledge systems to identify and characterize such risks, and the competence of human society to manage the unprecedented complexity. Particular attention trains on engaging, in ways conducive to enhancing social learning and adaptation, the large uncertainties inherent in these risks.

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Review

'A comprehensive examination of the threats to human beings and an assessment of what we value.' What's New Online --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Jeanne X. Kasperson is Research Associate Professor, Research Librarian and Director of Publications at the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University in the United States. Roger E. Kasperson is University Professor and Director of the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University in the United States.

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: United Nations (November 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9280810278
• ISBN-13: 978-9280810271
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,443,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)