Earth : a tenant's manual

Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780801478239 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
x, 379 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-357) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The third planet -- The home planet -- The rocky planet -- The blue planet -- The veiled planet -- The hazardous planet -- The ancient planet -- The bountiful planet -- The finite planet -- The singular planet -- The uninhabitable planet -- The living planet -- The warming planet -- The polluted planet -- The crowded planet -- The sustainable planet -- Water as sustenance -- Air as sustenance -- Soil as sustenance -- Food as sustenance -- Energy as sustenance -- Materials as sustenance -- Prospects for sustenance -- Policies for sustenance.