Author: Samuel Z. Klausner
Publisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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Author: M. F. Mohtadi
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483145425
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Man and His Environment, Volume 2 covers the proceedings of the Second International Banff Conference of Man and His Environment, held in Banff Springs Hotel, Alberta, Canada on May 19-22, 1974. The conference addresses the broad environmental issues in relation to man and his natural environment. This book is organized into six sessions encompassing 17 chapters. The first session deals with the continuing development of the Canadian mineral resources and the role of the National Energy Board in the country's energy management. This session also provides an overview of the world hydrocarbon energy resources. The second session discusses various problems in overpopulated and industrially and technologically underdeveloped countries and developments in the environmental restraints on production practices to protect the environment. The subsequent two sessions look into the effects of human activities on his environment. Topics covered in these sessions include the use and misuse of technology; social, economic, and political impact of urbanization; and government environmental policies. The concluding sessions outline the ethical structure of Western Society and the development of a theoretical model of public morality. These topics are followed by discussions on the essential nature of the environmental problems and the systematic relations between the Western culture and Western environment.

Author: Anne Nadakavukaren
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 548

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Author: Garry D. McKenzie
Publisher:
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Author: S N Mishra, V P Jauhari, R Swarup
Publisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN: 9788170993612
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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Author: Indira Gandhi
Publisher: Abhinav Publications
ISBN: 8170172942
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Author: George Perkins Marsh
Publisher:
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Category : Conservation of natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 600

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Author: George Perkins Marsh
Publisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 618

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Author: A. Glikson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401027463
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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When Artur Glikson died in July 1966 he was still comparatively unknown; yet paradoxically he had an international reputation that went beyond town planning and architectural circles. As far back as 1955, when he was forty four years old, he was an active participant in the notable Wenner-Gren Conference on "Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth," where he presented the first paper in the present book. Seven years later he was the only nonscientist represented in the even more selective Ciba Foundation conference on Man and his Future. Though Glikson attended many other important international conferences, notably the International Seminar on Regional Planning in The Hague in 1957, and the International conference of Landscape Architects in Amsterdam in 1960, he has yet to leave his mark on the thought and practice of architects and planners, his own professional group. The fact that Artur Glikson's activities as a pioneer in sociological plan ning are still relatively unknown, might seem a handicap from the point of this book's getting the public or professional attention that it deserves. But this is perhaps the best reason for bringing out the assembled papers and giving a picture of their background in his personal experience.

Author: Anestēs G. Keselopoulos
Publisher: RSM Press
ISBN: 9780881412215
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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"The quest for a harmonious relationship between humanity and the environment quickens as ecological problems escalate in our modern world. Irresponsible use of the environment has caused pollution, diminished natural resources, accumulation of radioactive waste, disease, famine and abnormal climatic conditions. In response to the myriad solutions offered by the scientific community, Anestis G. Keselopoulos proposes another dimension, a theological solution put forth ten centuries ago by the Byzantine mystic St. Symeon the New Theologian." "More a vision than a concrete solution, St. Symeon's preception of the human being relative to the universe provides a gauge for the use of scientific data. St. Symeon addresses the misuse of material goods, social inequality due to privatizing what belongs to the community and waste due to excessive wealth. He bemoans the rape of the earth." "Claiming that the duty of the human being is to elevate creation to a state of beauty consistent with the intentions of the Creator, Symeon charges humanity with the awesome task of perceiving the Word of God within creation and bringing that logos, that word, to fruition."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved