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- catalog abstract "With the Earth's atmosphere increasingly being used as a convenient sink for myriad pollutants, humanity faces the daunting problem of conserving a vital resource that, like the oceans, outer space, and Antarctica, defies geographical boundary. In this comprehensive look at the atmosphere's deterioration - an issue that has emerged as a leading international concern - Marvin S. Soroos considers how it is being altered and degraded by a rapidly growing and industrializing human population and what is being done to preserve it. In case studies of four international atmospheric agreements - governing atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, acid precipitation, ozone-layer depletion, and global climate change - Soroos demonstrates the uneven, piecemeal approach that the international community has taken. He draws conclusions regarding the circumstances favoring cooperation among states and ponders the likelihood that governments will pursue environmental security in a preventive, collaborative way rather than by depending on the self-reliant, defensive strategies that have proved so costly and counterproductive in the pursuit of military security.".
- catalog contributor b10271267.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. The Atmosphere and Global Public Policy -- Ch. 2. A Primer on the Atmosphere and Pollution -- Ch. 3. International Scientific Cooperation -- Ch. 4. The Nuclear Testing Regime -- Ch. 5. The Transboundary Air Pollution Regime -- Ch. 6. The Ozone Layer Regime -- Ch. 7. The Climate Change Regime -- Ch. 8. The Atmosphere as a Global Commons -- Ch. 9. The Pursuit of Environmental Security -- Ch. 10. Conclusions -- Appendix. International Agreements.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-326) and index.".
- catalog description "With the Earth's atmosphere increasingly being used as a convenient sink for myriad pollutants, humanity faces the daunting problem of conserving a vital resource that, like the oceans, outer space, and Antarctica, defies geographical boundary. In this comprehensive look at the atmosphere's deterioration - an issue that has emerged as a leading international concern - Marvin S. Soroos considers how it is being altered and degraded by a rapidly growing and industrializing human population and what is being done to preserve it. In case studies of four international atmospheric agreements - governing atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons, acid precipitation, ozone-layer depletion, and global climate change - Soroos demonstrates the uneven, piecemeal approach that the international community has taken. He draws conclusions regarding the circumstances favoring cooperation among states and ponders the likelihood that governments will pursue environmental security in a preventive, collaborative way rather than by depending on the self-reliant, defensive strategies that have proved so costly and counterproductive in the pursuit of military security.".
- catalog extent "xv, 339 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Endangered atmosphere.".
- catalog identifier "1570031606 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "1570032033 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Endangered atmosphere.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Endangered atmosphere.".
- catalog subject "363.739/2 21".
- catalog subject "Climatic changes Environmental aspects.".
- catalog subject "Climatic changes.".
- catalog subject "Environmental policy.".
- catalog subject "GE170 .S68 1997".
- catalog subject "Global commons.".
- catalog subject "Pollution Environmental aspects.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. The Atmosphere and Global Public Policy -- Ch. 2. A Primer on the Atmosphere and Pollution -- Ch. 3. International Scientific Cooperation -- Ch. 4. The Nuclear Testing Regime -- Ch. 5. The Transboundary Air Pollution Regime -- Ch. 6. The Ozone Layer Regime -- Ch. 7. The Climate Change Regime -- Ch. 8. The Atmosphere as a Global Commons -- Ch. 9. The Pursuit of Environmental Security -- Ch. 10. Conclusions -- Appendix. International Agreements.".
- catalog title "The endangered atmosphere : preserving a global commons / Marvin S. Soroos.".
- catalog type "text".