“Reducing the Future to Climate: A Story of Climate Determinism and Reductionism” (2011)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xi
4. How to Use This Book xv
5. Introduction Documenting Global Change 1
6. Part 1. Population Are We Too Many, or Are We Too Greedy?
7. An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) 15
8. The Shadow of the World’s Future (1928) 31
9. “Ghost Acreage” (1962) 40
10. The Population Bomb (1968) 54
11. Part 2. Sustainability Are We Limited by Knowledge or Resources ?
12. Sylvicultura oeconomica (1713) 63
13. Sylvicultura oeconomica 67
14. The Coal Question (1865) 78
15. “Possible Limits of Raw-Material Consumption” (1956) 89
16. The Limits to Growth (1972) 101
17. Part 3. Geographies Are Human and Natural Futures Determined or Chosen?
18. The Pulse of Asia (1907) 117
19. “Nature Versus The Australian” (1920) 134
20. The Northward Course of Empire (1922) 145
21. Part 4. “The Environment” How Did the Idea Emerge?
22. How Did the Idea Emerge? 157
23. Deserts on the March (1935) 174
24. Road to Survival (1948) 187
25. Silent Spring (1962) 195
26. Part 5. Ecology How Do We Understand Natural Systems?
27. Essay on the Geography of Plants (1807) 205
28. “The Use and Abuse of Vegetational Concepts and Terms” (1935) 220
29. Fundamentals of Ecology (1953) 233
30. Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems (1973) 245
31. Part 6. Technology Does Technology Create More Problems Than It Solves?
32. The Tree of Science (1857) 261
33. To Choose a Future (1972) 273
34. “The Dynamics of Energy Systems and the Logistic Substitution Model” (1979) 282
35. Part 7. Climate How Can We Predict Change?
36. “On the Transmission of Heat” (1859) 291
37. “On the Infl uence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground” (1896) 303
38. “Seasonal Foreshadowing” (1930) 316
39. “The Artifi cial Production of Carbon Dioxide and Its Infl uence on Temperature” (1938) 327
40. “Unpleasant Surprises in the Greenhouse?” (1987) 337
41. “Climate and Atmospheric History of the Past 420,000 Years from the Vostok Ice Core, Antarctica” (1999) 348
42. Part 8. Diversity Why Do We Need It, and Can We Conserve It?
43. The Invaders (1958) 363
44. The Forestry Projections and the Environment: Global-Scale Environmental Impacts (1980) 381
45. “What Is Conservation Biology?” (1985) 391
46. “Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation: A Third World Critique” (1997) 409
47. Part 9 Measuring How Do We Turn the World into Data?
48. An Investigation of the Currents of the Atlantic Ocean (1832) 433
49. “Current Problems in Meteorology” (1957) 445
50. Nature’s Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems (1997) 454
51. The Economics of Climate Change (2006) 465
52. Part 10. The Anthropocene How Can We Live in a World Where There Is No Nature Without People?
53. “The ‘Anthropocene’’’ (2000) 479
54. “A Safe Operating Space for Humanity” (2009) 491
55. “Reducing the Future to Climate: A Story of Climate Determinism and Reductionism” (2011) 506
56. Select Bibliography 527
57. Acknowledgments 541
58. Commentators 543
59. Selection Credits 549
60. Index 553
61. About the editors 565