Anthropogener Einfluss

Tourism and resilience

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This text discusses the concept of resilience and its application to tourism. It compares the relevance of resilience to sustainability; the former focusing on the well-being and survival of the places affected and the latter focusing on the agent of impact, tourism itself.

Fixing the sky: the checkered history of weather and climate cont…

by Fleming, James Rodger

fromColumbia studies in international and global history

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"As alarm over global warming spreads, a radical idea is gaining momentum. Forget cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, some scientists argue. Instead, bounce sunlight back into space by pumping reflective nanoparticles into the atmosphere. Launch mirrors into orbit around the Earth…

Amazonia in the Anthropocene: people, soils, plants, forests

by Kawa, Nicholas C.

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"Widespread human alteration of the planet has led many scholars to claim that we have entered a new epoch in geological time: the Anthropocene, an age dominated by humanity. This ethnography is the first to directly engage the Anthropocene, tackling its problems and paradoxes f…

Amazonia in the Anthropocene: people, soils, plants, forests

by Kawa, Nicholas C.

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"Widespread human alteration of the planet has led many scholars to claim that we have entered a new epoch in geological time: the Anthropocene, an age dominated by humanity. This ethnography is the first to directly engage the Anthropocene, tackling its problems and paradoxes f…

Coasts in crisis: a global challenge

by Griggs, Gary B.

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Human settlement of the coastal zone -- Coastal tectonics and hazards -- Tropical cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons -- Storms, waves, coastal erosion and shoreline retreat -- Climate change and sea-level rise "Almost half of the planet's population now lives in the coastal zone…

Energies beyond the state: anarchist political ecology and the liberation of…

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"This volume contributes to advancing an 'ecology of freedom,' which can critique current anthropocentric environmental destruction, as well as focusing on environmental justice and decentralized ecological governance"--.

An environmental history of the world: humankind's changing role in the community of life

by Hughes, J. Donald, (Johnson Donald)

fromRoutledge studies in physical geography and environment

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This original work follows a chronological path through the history of mankind, in relationship to ecosystems around the world. Each chapter concentrates on a general period in human history; each also has three case studies which illustrate the significant patterns occurring at…

Degraded forests in Eastern Africa: management and restoration

by Bongers, Frans, Tennigkeit, Timm

fromEarthscan forest library

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"Forest degradation as a result of logging, shifting cultivation, agriculture and urban development is a major issue throughout the tropics. It leads to loss in soil fertility, water resources and biodiversity, as well as contributes to climate change. Efforts are therefore requ…

Human impacts on seals, sea lions, and sea otters: integrating archaeology and ecology in the Northe…

by Rick, Torben C., Braje, Todd J.

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For more than ten thousand years, Native Americans from Alaska to southern California relied on aquatic animals such as seals, sea lions, and sea otters for food and raw materials. Archaeological research on the interactions between people and these marine mammals has made great…