World on fire: two scenarios of the destruction of human civilization and possible extinction of the human race

Futures

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 683-693

  Morgan, Dennis Ray ^a  

^a Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUCLEAR WEAPON; RACE;

EID: 70349301360     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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