Preserving Ecological Systems: The Agenda for Long-Term Research and Development

by John J. Cohrssen, Sidney Draggan, Richard Morrison

Overview

In 1984, the Conference on Environmental Quality, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Science Foundation convened a series of panel meetings to discuss long-term environmental issues. Preserving Ecological Systems is the result of that prestigious conference. Drawing on contributions from nationally recognized scientists and experts from industry and government, this collection of papers covers geochemical and hydrologic processes and provides overall recommendations for conducting environmental research and development during the next twenty years. In addition, the book offers insights on how environmental analyses can be made more reliable. The book covers global cycles, habitat diversity and genetic variability, improved methods for mitigating the environmental impacts of current technologies, and anticipating the environmental impact of emerging technologies, among other topics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275923372
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/11/1987
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

SIDNEY DRAGGAN is a Policy Analyst in the Division of Policy Research and Analysis, National Science Foundation.

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Table of Contents

Preface
Maintaining the Integrity of Global Cycles: Requirements for Long-Term Research by William R. Emanuel, John Pastor, and Robert V. O'Neill
On Toxins and Toxic Effects: Guarding Life in a Small World by George M. Woodwell
The Role of Basic Ecological Knowledge in Environmental Assessment by Stephen G. Hildebrand, Lawrence W. Barnthouse, and Glenn W. Suter
The Role of Basic Ecological Knowledge in the Mitigation of Impacts from Complex Technological Systems: Agriculture, Transportation, and Urban by Orie L. Loucks
Habitat Diversity and Genetic Variability: Are They Necessary Ecosystem Properties? by Elliot A Norse
Indicators of Change in Natural and Human-Impacted Ecosystems: Status by Frieda B. Taub
Improved Methods for Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Current Technologies by Nicholas L. Clesceri and Karen L. McCloe
Anticipating the Potential Environmental Impacts of Emerging Technologies: The Case of Genetic Engineering by Martin Alexander
Index