CONTENTS

Preface

List of Abbreviations

1. EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE

2. EARTH’S GEOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, AND CLIMATE

3. THE EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE

4. TECHNOSPHERE IMPACTS ON THE GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

5. TECHNOSPHERE IMPACTS ON THE BIOSPHERE

6. SCENARIOS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

7. GLOBALIZATION AND ECOLOGICAL MODERNIZATION

8. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

9. GLOBAL MONITORING

10. INTEGRATING SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

11. KEY CONCEPTS FOR A NEW PLANETARY PARADIGM

Lexicon of the Spheres

References

Index