Air is vital to human existenceit protects us from radiation, maintains climate and weather patterns, disperses seeds and pollen, and serves as an alternative energy source. Despite all of this, air remains neglected in environmental policy, with its ownerless, borderless nature making it difficult to campaign and legislate.
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Breathing Spaceis the first book to properly integrate air into the wider environmental discourse. Mark Everard assesses the atmospheres structure and its role within our overall environment and argues persuasively for the necessity of governments and activists recognition of air as a vital resource, as well as the dire need for more effective worldwide policies on air regulation. This work is long overdue and a must-read for scholars, environmental activists, and anyone interested environmental policy.
Mark Everardis a visiting research fellow at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Introduction
1. Air and the making of the atmosphere
2. Living in a bubble
3. What does air do for us?
4. Abuses of the air
5. Managing our impacts on air
6. Thinking in a connected way
7. Rediscovering our place in the breathing space
8. Resolution for integrated management of the air space
Annex : Ecosystem services and the Ecosystem Approach
"Recommended."
“Breathing Spaceis a revelation, laying bare the science and cultural significance of that one part of the natural world we take most for granted. Mark Everard brings a lifetime's experience to bear in urging us to think more systemically about 'this great connector,' and to get our act together in sorting out the multiple abuses of the atmosphere that continue to this day.”
“Everard takes us on a journey of atmospheric rivers, jet streams and giant dragonflies. He shows that ecosystem services must be put at the heart of our plalÓ)
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