Science, technology, and the environment : multidisciplinary perspectives /
Science, technology, and the environment : multidisciplinary perspectives /
edited by James R. Fleming and Henry A. Gemery.
- 1st ed.
- xxxiv, 347 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Technology and the environment .
- Technology and the environment (Akron, Ohio) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-336) and index.
The environment and the "two cultures" divide / Leo Marx --Contributions of science to the causes and cures of pollution / Norman F. Ramsey -- Chaos, fractals, turbulence, and their impact on the scientist's view of the world / Itamar Procaccia -- The challenges of global change / John A. Dutton -- Can adding iron to the oceans reduce global warming? An example of geoengineering / D. Whitney King -- Environmental risks of biotechnology in agriculture / David Pimentel -- Bioremediation of aqueous and soil environments contaminated with toxic wastes / Frank A. Fekete --Constructed wetland technology : can and will we engineer viable wetland ecosystems? / Paul K. Doss -- Economic incentives, technological choices, and the quest for sustainable development / Thomas H. Tietenberg -- Regulating the electromagnetic environment : alternative approaches to policy / Michael G. Vita and Charissa P. Wellford --Environmental security and national instability : the case of the former Soviet Union / Elena N. Nikitina -- Environmental problems and technological choices in Thailand / Harvey F. Ludwig and Daniel J. Gunaratnam -- Environmental dispute resolution in communities of color / Robert D. Bullard.
0962262897 (cloth : alk. paper) : $39.95 1884836003 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $21.95
94034905
Environmental policy.
Technical innovations.
Science--Social aspects.
Engineering--Social aspects.
GE170 / .S38 1994
363.7
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-336) and index.
The environment and the "two cultures" divide / Leo Marx --Contributions of science to the causes and cures of pollution / Norman F. Ramsey -- Chaos, fractals, turbulence, and their impact on the scientist's view of the world / Itamar Procaccia -- The challenges of global change / John A. Dutton -- Can adding iron to the oceans reduce global warming? An example of geoengineering / D. Whitney King -- Environmental risks of biotechnology in agriculture / David Pimentel -- Bioremediation of aqueous and soil environments contaminated with toxic wastes / Frank A. Fekete --Constructed wetland technology : can and will we engineer viable wetland ecosystems? / Paul K. Doss -- Economic incentives, technological choices, and the quest for sustainable development / Thomas H. Tietenberg -- Regulating the electromagnetic environment : alternative approaches to policy / Michael G. Vita and Charissa P. Wellford --Environmental security and national instability : the case of the former Soviet Union / Elena N. Nikitina -- Environmental problems and technological choices in Thailand / Harvey F. Ludwig and Daniel J. Gunaratnam -- Environmental dispute resolution in communities of color / Robert D. Bullard.
0962262897 (cloth : alk. paper) : $39.95 1884836003 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $21.95
94034905
Environmental policy.
Technical innovations.
Science--Social aspects.
Engineering--Social aspects.
GE170 / .S38 1994
363.7