Global Catastrophes and Trends : The Next Fifty Years.
Title:
Global Catastrophes and Trends : The Next Fifty Years.
Author:
Smil, Vaclav.
ISBN:
9780262283878
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (323 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1 How (Not) to Look Ahead -- 2 Fatal Discontinuities -- 3 Unfolding Trends -- 4 Environmental Change -- 5 Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty -- Appendix A Units and Abbreviations, Prefixes -- Appendix B Acronyms -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary look at global changes that may occur over the next fifty years -- whether sudden and cataclysmic world-changing events or gradually unfolding trends.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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