The crucial interdependence between humans and their environment is explored and illuminated in this revealing overview of the major environmental issues facing

In the wake of the Second World War, internationalists identified science as both the cause of and the solution to world crisis. Unless civilization learned to

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

For the first time in history, humans have exceeded the sustaining capacity of Earth's global ecosystems. Our expanding footprint has tremendous momentum, and t