| Main Title |
Science, technology, and the environment : multidisciplinary perspectives / |
| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
The University of Akron Press, |
| Year Published |
1994 |
| OCLC Number |
31131305 |
| ISBN |
0962262897 (cloth : alk. paper) : 1884836003 (pbk. : alk. paper) : |
| Subjects |
Environmental policy ;
Technical innovations ;
Science--Social aspects ;
Engineering--Social aspects
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJBM |
GE170.S38 1994 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
03/14/1998 |
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| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Collation |
xxxiv, 347 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-336) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
The environment and the "two cultures" divide / Leo Marx -- Contrib utions of science to the causes and cures of pollution / Norman F. R amsey -- Chaos, fractals, turbulence, and their impact on the scient ist's view of the world / Itamar Procaccia -- The challenges of glob al change / John A. Dutton -- Can adding iron to the oceans reduce g lobal warming? An example of geoengineering / D. Whitney King -- Env ironmental risks of biotechnology in agriculture / David Pimentel -- Bioremediation of aqueous and soil environments contaminated with t oxic wastes / Frank A. Fekete -- Constructed wetland technology : ca n and will we engineer viable wetland ecosystems? / Paul K. Doss -- Economic incentives, technological choices, and the quest for sustai nable development / Thomas H. Tietenberg -- Regulating the electroma gnetic environment : alternative approaches to policy / Michael G. V ita and Charissa P. Wellford -- Environmental security and national instability : the case of the former Soviet Union / Elena N. Nikitin a -- Environmental problems and technological choices in Thailand / Harvey F. Ludwig and Daniel J. Gunaratnam -- Environmental dispute r esolution in communities of color / Robert D. Bullard. |
