| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 241 pages) |
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Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment |
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Studies in modern science, technology, and the environment.
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| Contents |
The emergence of a biogeochemical cycle -- From adaption to innovation -- Innovation within an ecological limit -- N and the emergence of market capitalism -- N and the rise of science -- Bypassing an ecological limit -- Industrializing a biogeomical cycle -- N in the well -- N in the air -- N in the law -- N and the seeds of an ecological economy -- Conclusion: the challenge of sustainability |
| Summary |
The Story of N analyzes the notion of sustainability from a fresh perspective, the integration of human activities with the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen, and provides a supportive alternative to studying sustainability through the lens of climate change and the cycling of carbon. It is the first book to examine the social processes by which industrial societies learned to bypass a fundamental ecological limit and, later, began addressing the resulting concerns by establishing limits of t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-233) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Nitrogen -- Environmental aspects
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Nitrogen cycle.
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Sustainable development.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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sustainable development.
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SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- Organic.
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NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on
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Nitrogen cycle
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Nitrogen -- Environmental aspects
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Sustainable development
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Cycle de l'azote.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813554396 |
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081355439X |
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9781461934929 |
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1461934923 |
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9781299733350 |
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1299733352 |
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