Global catastrophes and trends : the next fifty years / Vaclav Smil.
Global catastrophes and trends : the next fifty years / Vaclav Smil.
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Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, c2008.
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N363.34/59
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
Preface: What to Expect -- 1. How (Not) to Look Ahead -- 2. Fatal Discontinuities -- 3. Unfolding Trends -- 4. Environmental Change -- 5. Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty -- App. A. Units and Abbreviations, Prefixes -- App. B. Acronyms.
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Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, c2008.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c2008.
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"Fundamental change occurs most often in one of two ways: as a "fatal discontinuity," a sudden catastrophic event that is potentially world changing, or as a persistent, gradual trend. In this book, scientist Vaclav Smil takes a look at the catastrophes and trends the next fifty years may bring. This is not a book of forecasts or scenarios but one...
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Global catastrophes and trends : the next fifty years / Vaclav Smil.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2008.
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N363.34/59
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74VMbdw8z26X
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ISBN
9780262195867 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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363.34
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991000690239702626
