 |
 |
Read
more than 3,700 books online FREE! More than 1900 PDFs now available
for sale |
|
|
|
 |
|
Linking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental Goals
|
|
Status: Available Now
Size: 544 pages, 6 x 9
Publication Year:1996
|
|
|
| Print |
List Price |
Your Price |
|
 |
HARDBACK
ISBN-10: 0-309-05578-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-309-05578-9
|
$74.95 |
$67.45 |
Add to Cart |
|
Description:
Where should the United States focus its long-term efforts to improve the nation's environment? What are the nation's most important environmental issues? What role should science and technology play in addressing these issues? Linking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental ...
Read More |
|
|
Full Text
Jump to this book's table of contents to begin reading online for free.
|
Web Search Builder
Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our
collection, or across the Web.
Reference
Finder
Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic.
|
|
Sample PDF
Try before you buy. Download this sample PDF file to examine the quality of our PDF files and chapters.
|
|
|
| Select a link below to start reading online free! |
| Front Matter |
i-xii |
|
| Part I: Committee Report |
1-2 |
(skim) |
| Summary |
3-14 |
(skim) |
| Society's Environmental Goals |
15-26 |
(skim) |
| Use Social Science and Risk Assessment to Make Better Societal Choices |
27-36 |
(skim) |
| Focus on Monitoring to Build Better Understanding of Our Ecological Systems |
37-50 |
(skim) |
| Reduce the Adverse Impacts of Chemicals in the Environment |
51-60 |
(skim) |
| Develop Environmental Options for the Energy System |
61-72 |
(skim) |
| Use a Systems Engineering and Ecological Approach to Reduce Resource Use |
73-80 |
(skim) |
| Improve Understanding of the Relationship Between Population and Consumption as a Means to Reducing the Environmental Impacts of Population Growth |
81-86 |
(skim) |
| Set Environmental Goals Via Rates and Directions of Change |
87-90 |
(skim) |
| Bibliography |
91-94 |
(skim) |
| Part II: Commissioned Papers |
95-96 |
(skim) |
| National Environmental Goals: Implementing the Laws, Visions of the Future, and Research |
97-134 |
(skim) |
| Measurement of Environmental Quality in the United States |
135-178 |
(skim) |
| Attitudes Toward the Environment Twenty-Five Years After Earth Day |
179-190 |
(skim) |
| Environmental Goals and Science Policy: A Review of Selected Countries |
191-242 |
(skim) |
| Can States Make a Market for Environmental Goals? |
243-280 |
(skim) |
| Setting Environmental Goals: The View from Industry. A Review of Practices from the 1960s |
281-326 |
(skim) |
| Status of Ecological Knowledge Related to Policy Decision-Making Needs in the Area of |
327-344 |
(skim) |
| The Federal Budget and Environmental Priorities |
345-398 |
(skim) |
| Part III: Keynote Addresses and Presentations |
399-400 |
(skim) |
| D. James Baker, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
401-406 |
(skim) |
| Thomas Grumbly, U.S. Department of Energy |
407-412 |
(skim) |
| Barry Gold, U.S. Department of the Interior |
413-418 |
(skim) |
| Harlan Watson, House Committee on Science |
419-422 |
(skim) |
| David Garman, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources |
423-430 |
(skim) |
| John Wise and Peter Truitt, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
431-436 |
(skim) |
| Judith Espinosa and Peggy Duxbury, President's Council on |
437-448 |
(skim) |
| Gilbert S. Omenn, University of Washington |
449-462 |
(skim) |
| Part IV: Appendixes |
463-464 |
(skim) |
| A Committee Member and Staff Biographical Information |
465-470 |
(skim) |
| B Forum Agenda |
471-474 |
(skim) |
| C Forum Participants |
475-482 |
(skim) |
| D Summary of Responses to Call for Comments |
483-488 |
(skim) |
| E Respondents to Call for Comments |
489-496 |
(skim) |
| F Summary of Breakout-Group Discussions |
497-500 |
(skim) |
| G Detecting Changes in Time and Space |
501-504 |
(skim) |
| H Contents and Executive Summary of a Report of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government |
505-516 |
(skim) |
| Index |
517-530 |
(skim) |
Description
Where should the United States focus its long-term efforts to improve the nation's environment? What are the nation's most important environmental issues? What role should science and technology play in addressing these issues? Linking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental Goals provides the current thinking and answers to these questions.
About the PDF: What am I Buying?
About Our PDFs
This book can be purchased as a computer file. The format of the file is called a "PDF". To open, view and print the file, you must have third party software (e.g. Adobe Reader or XPDF) installed on your computer.
Benefits of Buying a PDF
-
Instant. Buy it, download it immediately, and start reading.
-
Convenient. Download it to your laptop and read it whenever, wherever.
-
Searchable. Search for any word or phrase.
What are my options?
| If you want ...
| Then ...
|
| ... only a portion of the book | ... select a PDF Chapter |
| ... a computer file containing the entire book |
... buy a PDF |
| ... to read the book immediately and also own a copy for your bookshelf |
... buy the bundle |
| ... a copy for your bookshelf |
... buy the book |
Will my PDF be emailed to me?
No. After buying the PDF, we will email you instructions on how to download the file from our Web site. The PDF file will not be emailed to you.
See our Frequently Asked Questions for more information including:
|
SIGN UP FOR...
 New Title Emails
Read about the newest releases and receive special offers.
|
|
|
Items in cart [0]