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Critical perspectives on planet earth / (Record no. 339381)

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CONTROL NUMBER
control field 2005031477
CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field DLC
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20061122 .0
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 051103s2007 nyua j b 001 0 eng
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2005031477
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1404206876 (library binding)
CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency DLC
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency DLC
Modifying agency DLC
AUTHENTICATION CODE
Authentication code pcc
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QH543
Item number .V54 2007
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 333.72
Edition number 22
AUTHOR NAME
AUTHOR NAME Viegas, Jennifer.
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Critical perspectives on planet earth /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Jennifer Viegas.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Rosen Pub. Group,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 278 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 23 cm.
SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE
Title Scientific american critical anthologies on environment and climate
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-271) and index.
FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Chapter 1 : The effects of climate change -- 1. "Spring forward" by Daniel Grossman -- 2. "On thin ice?" by Robert A. Bindschadler and Charles R. Bentley -- 3. "Making every drop count" by Peter H. Gleick -- Chapter 2 : Threatened species and ecosystems -- 1. "Madagascar's lemurs" by Ian Tattersall -- 2. "The world's imperiled fish" by Carl Safina -- 3. "The puzzle of declining amphibian populations" by Andrew R. Blaustein and David B. Wake -- 4. "On the termination of species" by W. Wayt Gibbs -- Chapter 3 : Human impacts: consequences for others and ourselves -- 1. "Human population grows up" by Joel E. Cohen -- 2. "Population, poverty and the local environment" by Partha S. Dasgupta -- 3. "Environmental change and violent conflict" by Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, Jeffrey H. Boutwell, and George W. Rathjens -- Chapter 4 : Possible responses to environmental concerns -- 1. "The industrial ecology of the 21st century" by Robert A. Frosch -- 2. "Rethinking green consumerism" by Jared Hardner and Richard Rice -- 3. "More profit with less carbon" by Amory B. Lovins -- 4. "Urban planning in Curitiba" by Jonas Rabinovitch and Josef Leitman.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climatic changes
ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Viegas, Jennifer.
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005031477.html
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type 01. English Non Fiction
Copies
Piece designation (barcode) Koha full call number School Code Collection
SRHS9246333.72 BENSouris Regional SchoolHC