Toward Global Planning of Sustainable Use of the Earth

Download or read book Toward Global Planning of Sustainable Use of the Earth written by Shunji Murai and published by Elsevier Publishing Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hardbound. The contributors to this volume are experts in a wide variety of fields, such as global monitoring of environmental resources, and modeling of environmental system dynamics and interactions with human activities. The volume is intended to promote further research towards the development of global eco-engineering which is seeking continuous human habitation and improvement of human welfare, based on the sustainable utilization of global environmental resources and preservation of global eco-systems. A variety of disciplines are covered, including remote sensing, geography, meteorology, biology, biochemistry, ecology, marine science, hydrology, agriculture, environmental engineering, urban planning, social science, economy, ethics and philosophy.