| Main Title |
Only one earth : the care and maintenance of a small planet / |
| Author |
Ward, Barbara,
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| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., |
| Year Published |
1972 |
| OCLC Number |
00266940 |
| ISBN |
0393063917; 9780393063912 |
| Subjects |
Human ecology ;
Environmental health ;
EARTH (PLANET)
|
| Additional Subjects |
Human ecology
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJBM |
GF41.J3 1972 |
|
Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
04/02/1993 |
| EJDM |
GF41.J3 |
|
Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD |
03/18/1994 |
| ERAM |
GF41 .J3 |
|
Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
09/02/2014 |
| ESAM |
GF41.J3 |
|
Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
01/01/1988 |
|
| Edition |
[1st ed.]. |
| Collation |
xxv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Notes |
"An unofficial report commissioned by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, prepared with the assistance of a 152-member committee of corresponding consultants in 58 countries." Includes index. |
| Contents Notes |
pt. 1: The planet's unity. The world we inherit ; An unintended order -- pt. 2: The unities of science. Energy and matter ; The alphabet of time ; A delicate balance -- pt. 3: The problems of high technology. The discontinuities of development; The price of pollution ; Man's use and abuse of the land ; The balance of resources -- pt. 4: The developing regions. Profile of development ; Policies for growth -- pt. 5: A planetary order. The shared biosphere ; Coexistence in the technosphere ; Strategies for survival. "An unofficial report commissioned by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, prepared with the assistance of a 152-member committee of corresponding consultants in 58 countries." |
