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The book covers state-of-the-art considerations on how climate change has and will deliver impacts on major globalised biophysical and societal themes that will affect the way the world functions. Human activity has resulted in changes to atmospheric chemistry and land cover, and caused serious decline in biodiversity. Modifying biogeochemical cycles leads to complex feedbacks. The future climate will have impact on food security and agriculture, water supply and quality, storm and cyclone frequency, shoreline stability, biodiversity and the future of biological resources. Earth scientists might be asked to forecast any potential abrupt or environmental surprises. A sound knowledge of the Earth System will improve the chances of achieving this, by developing climate models that will reduce the degree of uncertainty in regional climate prediction. This volume sets out a framework of research issues that show how the Earth sciences contribute to a better understanding of climate change and suggests where future research will best contribute to the wellbeing of society. The key topics discussed are: - climate change patterns over the last four glacial cycles; - the variability in climate over the last 1000 years; - impact that past climate change has had on societies; - the role of human activities in climate forcing; - the role of models in predicting future climate and how we can assess their merit; - the future and likely future climate trajectories.

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Kate Orff has an optimistic and transformative message about our world: we can bring together social and ecological systems to sustainably remake our cities and landscapes. Part monograph, part manual, part manife­sto, Toward an Urban Ecology reconceives urban landscape design as a form of activism, demonstrating how to move beyond familiar and increasingly outmoded ways of thinking about environmental, urban, and social issues as separate domains; and advocating for the synthesis of practice to create a truly urban ecology. In purely practical terms, SCAPE has already generated numerous tools and techniques that designers, policy makers, and communities can use to address some of the most pressing issues of our time, including the loss of biodiversity, the loss of social cohesion, and ecological degradation. Toward an Urban Ecology features numerous projects and select research from SCAPE, and conveys a range of strategies to engender a more resilient and inclusive built environment.

Urban landscape architecture --- City planning --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Urbanization --- Sustainable development --- Human ecology --- Nature --- Paysage urbain --- Urbanisme --- Villes --- Urbanisation --- Développement durable --- Écologie humaine --- Environmental aspects --- Effect of human beings on --- Aspect environnemental --- Effets de l'homme --- Human ecology. --- Environmental aspects. --- Effect of human beings on. --- 712.25 --- Duurzame landschapsarchitectuur ; 21ste eeuw --- Duurzame stedenbouw --- Stadsecologie --- Anthropogenic effects on nature --- Ecological footprint --- Human beings --- Anthropogenic soils --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Cities and towns, Movement to --- Urban development --- Urban systems --- Cities and towns --- Social history --- Sociology, Rural --- Sociology, Urban --- Urban policy --- Rural-urban migration --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban renewal --- Landscape architecture --- Landschaps- en tuinarchitectuur ; vormgeving openbare groenvoorziening --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Government policy --- Management --- Landschapsecologie --- Ecologie; ecosysteem --- Aspect environnemental. --- Écosystème urbain --- Urbanisme durable --- Développement durable --- Écologie humaine