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Perspectives on Global Change: The TARGETS Approach
Jan Rotmans (Ed.)
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Description for Perspectives on Global Change: The TARGETS Approach
Hardback. Describes the structure, assumptions, philosophy and innovative results of an advanced global integrated assessment model for all those involved in exploring a sustainable global future. Editor(s): Rotmans, Jan; Vries, Bert de. Num Pages: 479 pages, 145 b/w illus. 30 colour illus. 39 tables. BIC Classification: RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Human activity is undeniably affecting the rates of change of many parts of the global system. How this global change develops into the future is vitally important, but modelling these changes requires a complex, integrated assessment of a wide range of disciplines in science and social science. This book describes the structure, assumptions, philosophy and results of an advanced global integrated assessment model: TARGETS. For a number of future directions selected on the basis of divergent cultural perspectives, the model charts global implications in terms of population and health, energy, land- and water-use and biogeochemical cycles. This integrated assessment approach ... Read more
Human activity is undeniably affecting the rates of change of many parts of the global system. How this global change develops into the future is vitally important, but modelling these changes requires a complex, integrated assessment of a wide range of disciplines in science and social science. This book describes the structure, assumptions, philosophy and results of an advanced global integrated assessment model: TARGETS. For a number of future directions selected on the basis of divergent cultural perspectives, the model charts global implications in terms of population and health, energy, land- and water-use and biogeochemical cycles. This integrated assessment approach ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
479
Condition
New
Number of Pages
479
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521621762
SKU
V9780521621762
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99-1
Reviews for Perspectives on Global Change: The TARGETS Approach
'The book will be of interest to a wide audience ranging from policy makers to students of all aspect of global change.' I. Colbeck, Water, Air and Soil Pollution