Global Ecodynamics

A Multidimensional Analysis

Kyrill Ya Kondratyev, Vladimir F. Krapivin, Victor P. Savinykh and Costas A. Varotsos

The growth of globalisation in practically all spheres of human activity has resulted in numerous problems arising from the interaction between man and nature. It has become a priority to develop new concepts and approaches for assessing and dealing with this ‘naturesociety’ system dynamics. A major priority is global climate change and the anthropogenically-induced greenhouse effect.

Global Ecodynamics is the result of a detailed study of the global carbon cycle problem, with special emphasis on biospheric contributions. The book:

discusses basic global problems of ecological, socio-economic, and political factors in the formation of global changes of the environment
highlights a new concept of the synthesis of the geo-information monitoring systems
emphasises the problem of estimating the greenhouse effect after considering the most significant natural and anthropogenic processes in the environment
suggests a spatial model of the biospheric carbon budget which describes the fluxes between the atmosphere, surface biocenoses and ocean ecosystems
assesses the role of various parts of the biosphere in assimilating carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and predicts the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

Table of contents:

Contents
Preface
List of figures
List of tables
Abbreviations
About the authors
Summary
1. Global ecodynamics
2. Greenhouse effect problems
3. Land ecosystems and global ecodynamics
4. Global environmental change and the World Ocean
5. High-latitude environment and global ecodynamics
6. Biogeochemical cycles of pollutants in the environment
7. Modelling the global changes of the environment
8. Global climate change and geoinformation monitoring
9. Problems and functions of the environmental monitoring systems
References
Index

Extent: 723 pages
Binding: Hardback
Publication Date: June 2004
ISBN: 978-3-540-20476-3

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