Eco-restructuring: Implications for Sustainable Development (United Nations University, 1998, 417 p.): Part I: Restructuring resource use: 2. The biophysical basis of eco-restructuring: An overview of current relations between human economic activities and the global system

Eco-restructuring: Implications for Sustainable Development (United Nations University, 1998, 417 p.)

Part I: Restructuring resource use

2. The biophysical basis of eco-restructuring: An overview of current relations between human economic activities and the global system

		(introduction...)
		Introduction
		The earth system
		The climate system and climatic change
		Climatic change and vulnerability
		Biological diversity
		Fresh water
		Soils
		The solid earth (lithosphere)
		Land-cover and land-use changes
		Human impacts and industrial metabolism
		The case of West Africa
		Outlook