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Science, technology, and the environment : multidisciplinary perspectives / edited by James R. Fleming and Henry A. Gemery.

Contributor(s): Series: Technology and the environment (Akron, Ohio) ; Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, 1994Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxiv, 347 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0962262897 (cloth : alk. paper) :
  • 1884836003 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.7 20
LOC classification:
  • GE170 .S38 1994
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab GE170 .S38 1994 1 Available 50583010098790
Total holds: 0

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.

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