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Il degrado della biosfera

  • Nicolò Bellanca
  • Luca Pardi

The position of man in the biosphere and the interaction of its activities with the different sectors of the earth's ecosphere are bringing the Earth system into a drastically different state from that in which the development of advanced civilizations was possible.

  • Keywords:
  • Planetary boundaries,
  • evolutionary fitness,
  • biosphere,
  • ecological footprint,
  • carrying capacity,
  • mass extinction,
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Nicolò Bellanca

University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3809-3455

Luca Pardi

CNR-IPCF, Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6870-1490

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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

Il degrado della biosfera

Authors

Nicolò Bellanca, Luca Pardi

Language

Italian

DOI

10.36253/978-88-5518-195-2.07

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2020

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Book Title

O la capra o i cavoli

Book Subtitle

La biosfera, l’economia e il futuro da inventare

Authors

Nicolò Bellanca, Luca Pardi

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Number of Pages

210

Publication Year

2020

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© 2020 Author(s)

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CC BY 4.0

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Firenze University Press

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10.36253/978-88-5518-195-2

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Studi e saggi

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2704-5919

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