Warming the World: Economic Models of Global Warming

This book presents in detail a pair of models of the economics of climate change. The models, called RICE-99 (for the Regional Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy) and DICE-99 (for the Dynamic Integrated Model of Climate and the Economy) build on the authors' earlier work, particularly their RICE and DICE models of the early 1990s. Humanity is risking the health of the natural e…

A world to live in :an ecologist's vision for a plundered planet

A century of industrial development is the briefest of moments in the half billion years of the earth's evolution. And yet our current era has brought greater changes to the earth than any period in human history. The biosphere, the globe's life-giving envelope of air and climate, has been changed irreparably. In A World to Live In, the distinguished ecologist George Woodwell shows that the bio…

The Green Paradox: A Supply-Side Approach to Global Warming

A leading economist develops a supply-side approach to fighting climate change that encourages resource owners to leave more of their fossil carbon underground.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Global shifts :business, politics, and deforestation in a changing world econ…

"A political economy analysis of global market shifts and their implications for the politics and governance of deforestation in agricultural supply chains"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Why nuclear disarmament matters

From the former UN head weapons inspector in Iraq, a plea for a renewed global disarmament movement.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Food and the mid-level farm :renewing an agriculture of the middle

Discussing strategies for reviving an 'agriculture in the middle' and creating a food system that works for midsize farms and ranches, this book considers the ways midsize farms can regain vitality by scaling up aspects of small farms' operations to connect with consumers and develop food supply chains that preserve farmer identity.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

The minimum means of reprisal :China's search for security in the nuclear age

An analysis of China's nuclear and space capabilities, deployment strategies, and stance in arms control negotiations, and the implications for U.S. defense strategy.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Methods in mind

Experts discuss the wide variety of investigative tools available to cognitive neuroscience, including transcranial magnetic stimulation, neuroscience computation, fMRI, imaging genetics, and neuropharmacology, with particular emphasis on convergence of t.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Service to country :personnel policy and the transformation of Western milita…

Motivated, able, and well-trained military personnel are essential to the success of any military, and personnel policies are crucial to getting and keeping qualified servicemen and women. The transformation of personnel policies is an important element of the broader transformation occurring in Western militaries. Across Europe and North America, nations are embracing plans to change military …

Radium-223 and Actinium-225 α-Emitter Radiopharmaceuticals in Treatment of M…