@article{5f48d2c47be14f31b56b20f97f60d0bc,
title = "Institutions: The earth transformed program",
author = "Turner, {B. L.}",
note = "Funding Information: chemicals, water, and climate) of the biosphere, the interaction and modification of global trends in selected regions, major so- cial developments, and contributions of so- cial theory to understanding the interaction between humans and nature. (See Timothy O{\textquoteright}Riordan{\textquoteright}s “Special Report: The Earth as Transformed by Human Action,” in the January/February 1988 issue of Environ- ment.) After the symposium, editors began to compile two books based on the papers presented. The fust book, The Earth as Transformed by Human Action, will synthesize current knowledge of the modem history of tems Analysis, the World Resources Institute, and the Institute of Geography, USSR Academy of Sciences. Additional funding was provided by the National Geographic Society, the United States Information Agency, and the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation. The ET program has been expanded with projects funded initially through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Current programs fall into two broad categories: the study of the human dimensions of global environmental change and the development of study tools such as geographic information systems (GIs). In the first cate-",
year = "1990",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1080/00139157.1990.9929025",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "32",
pages = "3--44",
journal = "Environment",
issn = "0013-9157",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "5",
}