Earth System Visioning » population http://www.icsu-visioning.org   Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:57:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How can the human population explosion be curbed? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-can-the-human-population-explosion-be-curbed/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-can-the-human-population-explosion-be-curbed/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:05:06 +0000 hddt http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=868 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-can-the-human-population-explosion-be-curbed/feed/ 13 What are the consequences of land cover and land use change for human societies and the sustainability of ecosystems? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/consequences-of-land-cover-and-land-use-change-for-human-societies-sustainability/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/consequences-of-land-cover-and-land-use-change-for-human-societies-sustainability/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:43:47 +0000 messouli http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=2171 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/consequences-of-land-cover-and-land-use-change-for-human-societies-sustainability/feed/ 0 How many humans can the earth system sustain under different scenarios of “development status” that exist in current societies? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-many-humans-can-the-earth-system-sustain-scenarios/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-many-humans-can-the-earth-system-sustain-scenarios/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:09:50 +0000 C Moloney http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=906 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/how-many-humans-can-the-earth-system-sustain-scenarios/feed/ 1 Where and how will population pressure and climate change affect the availability of freshwater for human needs and diverse ecological communities? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/where-how-will-population-pressure-climate-change-affect-the-availability-of-freshwater/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/where-how-will-population-pressure-climate-change-affect-the-availability-of-freshwater/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:53:04 +0000 ARTHINGTON http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1133 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/where-how-will-population-pressure-climate-change-affect-the-availability-of-freshwater/feed/ 0 How can the future growth of settlements in the third world (Africa) be sustainable and planned? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-can-the-future-growth-of-settlements-in-the-third-world-africa-be-sustainable-and-planned/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-can-the-future-growth-of-settlements-in-the-third-world-africa-be-sustainable-and-planned/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:28:51 +0000 A_Husaini http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=2198 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-can-the-future-growth-of-settlements-in-the-third-world-africa-be-sustainable-and-planned/feed/ 0 How can we develop empathy for a global environmental system? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-can-we-develop-empathy-for-a-global-environmental-system/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-can-we-develop-empathy-for-a-global-environmental-system/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:07:27 +0000 Matthias.Siewert http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=2183 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/08/how-can-we-develop-empathy-for-a-global-environmental-system/feed/ 0 Current trajectory of human action is not sustainable at a global scale: how can scientific understanding of complex systems and human perturbations devise sustainable development pathways across the scientific, policy and resource management divide, particularly at the regional level where most decisions are taken? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/how-can-scientific-understanding-of-complex-systems-and-human-perturbations-devise-sustainable-development-pathways/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/how-can-scientific-understanding-of-complex-systems-and-human-perturbations-devise-sustainable-development-pathways/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:24:53 +0000 J.morais http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=2063 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/how-can-scientific-understanding-of-complex-systems-and-human-perturbations-devise-sustainable-development-pathways/feed/ 0 How can we establish and maintain a sustainable relationship between humans and the rest of the living world? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/establish-and-maintain-sustainable-relationship-between-humans-and-the-rest-of-the-living-world/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/establish-and-maintain-sustainable-relationship-between-humans-and-the-rest-of-the-living-world/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:37:50 +0000 Kalense http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=1809 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/establish-and-maintain-sustainable-relationship-between-humans-and-the-rest-of-the-living-world/feed/ 0 How can semi-arid agrosystems adapt to expected changes in climate and anthropogenic forcing? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/how-can-semi-arid-agrosystems-adapt-to-expected-changes-in-climate-an-anthropogenic-forcing/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/how-can-semi-arid-agrosystems-adapt-to-expected-changes-in-climate-an-anthropogenic-forcing/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:34:43 +0000 fpa-jacob http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=2324 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/09/how-can-semi-arid-agrosystems-adapt-to-expected-changes-in-climate-an-anthropogenic-forcing/feed/ 0 Local carrying capacity and sustainability: to what extent can “reduce, recycle and re-use” help to re-define constraints on population growth? To what extent is globalization contributing to carrying capacity in the short-, medium- and longer- terms? http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/local-carrying-capac/ http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/local-carrying-capac/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 09:20:55 +0000 Colin Soskolne http://www.icsu-visioning.org/?p=950 http://www.icsu-visioning.org/2009/07/local-carrying-capac/feed/ 0