Understanding the Earth System Compartments, Processes and Interactions

Understanding the Earth System Compartments, Processes and Interactions / edited by Eckart Ehlers, Thomas Krafft.

This volume includes revised versions of most of the presentations made at the International Conference «Understanding the Earth Sys­ tem: Compartments, Processes and Interactions" held on November 24-26, 1999 in Bonn. The Conference was organized by the German National Committee on Global Chan...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ehlers, Eckart (Editor), Krafft, Thomas (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
Edition:1st ed. 2001.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Atmospheric sciences.
Air pollution.
Ecotoxicology.
Geoecology.
Environmental geology.
Nature conservation.
Environmental monitoring.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Panorama: The Earth System: Analysis from Science and the Humanities
  • 1Understanding the Earth System — From Global Change Research to Earth System Science
  • 2Earth System Analysis and Management
  • 3The Earth System: A Physiological Perspective
  • 4The Earth System: An Anthropogenic Perspective
  • 5Man’s Place in Nature — Past and Future
  • II Focus: Water in the Earth System: Availability, Quality and Allocation in Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
  • 6Global Alteration of Riverine Geochemistry under Human Pressure
  • 7Integrated Management of Water Resources
  • 8The Challenge of Global Water Management
  • III Perspective: Advancing our Understanding: Reductionist and/or Integrationist Approaches to Earth System Analysis
  • 9Understanding Climate Variability: A Prerequisite for Predictions and Climate Change Detection
  • 10Earth System Models
  • 11Climate System and Carbon Cycle Feedback
  • 12Global Climate Change and Economic Analysis
  • 13From Nature-Dominated to Human-Dominated Environmental Changes
  • IV Appendix: Working Group Reports
  • 14Water Quality and Health Risks
  • 15Urban Thirst for Water and Priorities for Action
  • 16Modeling Water Availability: Scaling Issues
  • 17Precipitation Variability & Food Security
  • 18Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Freshwater: Availability, Quality, and Allocation
  • 19Water Deficiency and Desertification.

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