The Fragile Environment
The Darwin College Lectures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19909663 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurie Friday, Andrew Goudie (0000-0002-5496-8207), Norman Myers, Marian Stamp Dawkins (0000-0002-7909-5916), Robert May, Roger Whitehead, Partha Dasgupta, Bert Bolin, Gordon Wells, Alex Wells (0000-0002-7748-2269) |
| Editors | L E Friday, R A Laskey |
| Year | 1989 |
| Pages | 198 |
| Publication date | 1989-08-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Fragile environment (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9780511611995 |
| OpenAlex | W2485578889 |
| Open Library | OL20398723M |
| ISBN | 9780511611995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
The Fragile Environment explores the impact of the human species on its environment and deals with such topical and urgent questions as the death of forests, acid rain and pollution, desertification, the greenhouse effect and other disruptions to the global climate. The eight contributors, all international authorities, address themselves to a broad general readership
Audience measurement · Biology · Climate change · Desertification · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Natural resource economics · Political science · Climate Change and Environmental Impact · Ecology · Environmental Science · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems · Law · Business & Economics · Conservation of natural resources · Development · Environmental Conservation & Protection · Nature · Nature conservation · Natuurbehoud · Sustainable development
Population and Savings
Food Needs and Work Capacity
Axiomatic Bargaining Theory
Poverty and the Environmental Resource Base
The Objects of Social Contracts
The Commodity Basis of Well‐Being
Well‐Being
Incentives and Development Policies
Analysis of Allocation Mechanisms When Nutrition Affects Productivity
Resource Allocation Mechanisms
Public Goods and Common‐Property Resources
Decentralization and Central Guidance
Net National Product in a Dynamic Economy
Land, Labour, Savings, and Credit
Real National Income as a Measure of General Well‐Being
Political Morality and the State
Uncertainty, Insurance, and Social Norms
The Realization of Well‐Being
Inequality, Malnutrition, and the Disfranchised
Food, Care, and Work
Adaptation to Undernourishment
Classical Utilitarianism in a Limited World
Fertility and Resources
Strategic Complementarities in Fertility Decisions
Households and Credit Restraints
An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,84 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |