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Corporate Author DSR Sustainability Research (Firm), author.

Title North American environmental outlook to 2030 / prepared by DSR Sustainability Research and Stratos Inc.

Publication Info. Montreal (Quebec) Canada : Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2010.
©2010

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 Axe Federal Documents Online  Y 3.EN 8:2 OU 8    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (78 pages) : color illustrations
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Note "Date: July 2010."
"This report was prepared by DSR Sustainability Research and Stratos Inc. for the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation of North America."
Issued also in French and Spanish under titles: Perspectives environnementales en Amérique du Nord d'ici 2030 and Perspectivas ambientales en América del Norte para el an 2030.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-60).
Access Unrestricted online access. Unrestricted online access. star CaOONL
Summary "This report summarizes recent research concerning the major forces and underlying trends that are likely to shape the environment of North America in 2030. The intention of this report is not to present a prediction of the future. Rather, it is to consider the possibilities that the future might hold in light of the environmental and social stresses facing North America and the world at this time"--Executive summary.
Form Also issued in printed form.
Contents Acronyms and abbreviations -- Executive summary/Reader's guide -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Approach -- 3. Meta-forces. 3.1. Socio-political developments ; 3.2. Global environmental changes -- 4. Drivers. 4.1. Demographic patterns ; 4.2. Economic activity ; 4.3. Technology -- 5. Pressures. 5.1. Introduction ; 5.2. Resource extraction, production and use ; 5.3. Waste generation and return flows to the environment -- 6. State: changes in environmental conditions. 6.1. Introduction ; 6.2. Climate ; 6.3. Land cover and land use ; 6.4. Air quality ; 6.5. Water quality and quantity ; 6.6. Biodiversity -- 7. Impacts: how environmental change affects socio-economic conditions. 7.1. Introduction ; 7.2. Population living in areas facing severe water stress ; 7.3. Health effects of urban air pollution ; 7.4. Climate change impacts -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- Annex 1: Key studies -- Annex 2: Data tables.
Subject North America -- Environmental conditions -- Forecasting.
Environmental quality -- Forecasting.
Climatic changes -- North America -- Forecasting.
Natural resources -- North America.
Environmental monitoring -- North America.
Global environmental change.
Changement global (Environnement)
Climatic changes -- Forecasting. (OCoLC)fst00864244
Ecological forecasting. (OCoLC)fst02023659
Environmental monitoring. (OCoLC)fst00913214
Global environmental change. (OCoLC)fst00943478
Natural resources. (OCoLC)fst01034403
North America. (OCoLC)fst01242475
Added Author Stratos Inc., author.
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec)
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec). Secretariat, issuing body.
ISBN 9782923358796 (PDF)
2923358791
9782923358789
2923358783
Standard No. NLC 000042660261
Gpo Item No. 1105 (online)
Sudoc No. Y 3.EN 8:2 OU 8

 
    
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