Vaclav Smil

(Publications since 1990)

2008

Smil, V. 2008. Moore’s curse and the great energy delusion. The American 2(6): 34-41.

Smil, V. 2008. Water news: bad, good and virtual. American Scientist, 96: 399-407.

Smil, V. 2008. Energy at the Crossroads Global Perspectives and Uncertainties. (Eunnyeong Heo, Tai-Yoo Kim, & Soogab Lee, Trans.). Seoul: Changbi Publishers.

Smil, V. 2008. Oil: A Beginner's Guide. Oneworld Publishers, Oxford, xiii + 202 pp.

Smil, V. 2008. Energy in Nature and Society: General Energetics of Complex Systems. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xi + 480 pp.

2007

Smil, V. 2007. Poor visibility on China’s air pollution. Far Eastern Economic Review, December 2007: 35-39.

Smil, V. 2007. The two prime movers of globalization: history and impact of diesel engines and gas turbines. Journal of Global History 3:373-394.

Smil, V. 2007. Technical advances. In: Rider, C., ed., Encyclopedia of the Age of the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1920, Vol. 2, pp. 420-432.

Smil, V. 2007. Steam turbine. In: Rider, C., ed., Encyclopedia of the Age of the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1920, Vol. 2, pp.403-405.

Smil, V. 2007. Hertz, Heinrich (1847-1894). In: Rider, C., ed., Encyclopedia of the Age of the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1920, Vol. 1, pp. 197-198.

Smil, V. 2007. Global material cycles.  Encylcopedia of Earth, June 2, 2007.

Smil, V. 2007. The unprecedented shift in Japan’s population: Numbers, age, and prospects.  Japan Focus, May 1, 2007.

Smil, V. 2007. Light behind the fall: Japan’s electricity consumption, the environment, and economic growth.  Japan Focus, April 2, 2007.

Smil, V. 2007. Peak performance. Tech Central Station, February 23, 2007.

James N. Galloway, Marshall Burke, G. Eric Bradford, Rosamond Naylor, Walter Falcon, Ashok K. Chapagain, Joanne C. Gaskell, Ellen McCullough, Harold A. Mooney, Kirsten L. L. Oleson, Henning Steinfeld, Tom Wassenaar and Vaclav Smil. 2007. International Trade in Meat: The Tip of the Pork Chop. Ambio, 36: 622-629.

2006

Smil, V. 2006. Energy: A Beginner's Guide. Oneworld Publishers, Oxford, x + 181 pp.

Smil,V. 2006. Transforming the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations and Their Consequences. Oxford University Press, New York, x+358 pp.

Smil, V. 2006. Peak oil: A catastrophist cult and complex realities. World Watch 19: 22-24.

2005

Smil, V. 2005. Nitrogen in modern European agriculture. In: Scholliers, P., L. Van Molle and C. Sarasua, eds. Land, Shops and Kitchens: Technology and the Food Chain in Twentieth-century Europe. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, pp. 110-119.

Naylor, R., Steinfeld, H., Falcon, W., Galloway, J., Smil, V., Bradford, E., Alder, J., Mooney, H. Losing the links between livestock and land. Science, 310: 1621-1622

Smil, V. 2005. China's Thirsty Future. Far Eastern Economic Review. December 2005.

Smil, V. 2005. Peak Curiosity. Tech Central Station, December 3, 2005.

Smil, V. 2005. The next 50 years: Unfolding trends. Population and Development Review. 31: 605-643.

Smil, V. 2005. A different perspective on security: America's infrastructural failures. Tech Central Station, October 26, 2005

Smil, V. 2005. Bad bets. Tech Central Station, September 6, 2005.

Smil,V. 2005. Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact. Oxford University Press, New York, xv+350 pp.

Smil, V. 2005. Feeding the world: How much more rice do we need? In: Toriyama K., Heong K.L., Hardy B., eds. Rice is life: scientific perspectives for the 21st century. Proceedings of the World Rice Research Conference held in Tokyo and Tsukuba, Japan, 4-7 November 2004. Los Baños (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute, pp. 21-23

Smil, V. 2005. The next 50 Years:Fatal discontinuities. Population and Development Review. 31: 201-236.

Smil, V. 2005. Limits to Growth revisited: A review essay. Population and Development Review. 31: 157-164.

Smil, V. 2004. China’s Past, China’s Future. RoutledgeCurzon, New York and London, xvi+232 pp.

Smil, V. 2004. Garrett James Hardin. American Scientist 92:8-10.

Smil, V. 2004. Improving efficiency and reducing waste in out food system. Environmental Sciences. 1:17-26.

Smil, V. 2004. Conversion of energy: people and animals. In: Encyclopedia of Energy, C. Cleveland ed., Vol. 1. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 697-705.

Smil, V. 2004. Global material cycles and energy. In: Encyclopedia of Energy, Vol. 3, C. Cleveland, ed., Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 23-32.

Smil, V. 2004. Land requirements of energy systems. In: Encyclopedia of Energy, C. Cleveland, ed., Vol. 3, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 613-622.

Smil, V. 2004. War and energy In: Encyclopedia of Energy, C. Cleveland, ed., Vol. 6, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 363-371.

Smil, V. 2004. World history and energy. In: Encyclopedia of Energy, C. Clevaland, ed., Vol. 6, Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 549-561.

Smil, V. Coal. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environnmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 1, New York: Routledge, pp. 239-240.

Smil, V. Dung. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environnmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 1, New York: Routledge, pp. 351-352.

Smil, V. Geothermal energy. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environnmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 1, New York: Routledge, pp. 582-582.

Smil, V. Haber, Fritz. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environnmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 2, New York: Routledge, pp. 631-632.

Smil, V. Natural gas. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environnmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 2, New York: Routledge, pp. 872-874.

Smil, V. Oil. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environnmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 3, New York: Routledge, pp. 962-963.

Smil, V. Solar energy. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environnmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 3, New York: Routledge, pp. 1138-1140.

Smil, V. Water energy. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environnmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 3, New York: Routledge, pp. 1303-1305.

Smil, V. Wind energy. In: Encyclopedia of the World Environnmental History, S. Krech III, J.R. McNeill and C. Merchant, eds., Vol. 3, New York: Routledge, pp. 1337-1339.

Smil, V. 2003. Sekai o yashinau Kankyo to ryoritsushita nogyo to kenkouna shokuji o motomete. FAPRC, Tokyo, xxxiv + 389 pp. (Japanese translation of Feeding the World A Challenge for the 21st Century)

Smil, V. 2003. Alimentar al mundo Un reto del siglo XXI. Siglo Vientiuno,Madrid, xxi + 411 pp. (Spanish translation of Feeding the World A Challenge for the 21st Century)

Smil, V. 2003. Dietary regimes. In: Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll, eds., Population Encyclopedia, New York: Macmillan Reference, pp. 234-237.

Smil, V. 2003. Natural resources and population. In: Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll, eds., Population Encyclopedia, New York: Macmillan Reference, pp. 689-692.

Smil, V. 2003. Nitrogen cycle. In: Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll, eds., Population Encyclopedia, New York: Macmillan Reference, pp. 692-693.

Smil, V. 2003. No alternative to reality. Tech Central Station June 30 2003:1-4. http://www.techcentralstation.com

Smil, V. 2003. Beyond the blackout. Tech Central Station August 18 2003:1-3. http://www.techcentralstation.com

Smil, V. 2003. Feeding China: from wanting to wasting. Current History 102(665): 270-273

Smil, V. 2003. Energy at the Crossroads Global Perspectives and Uncertainties. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xiv + 427 pp.

Smil, V. 2003. Nitrogen in Agriculture. In: Advances in Energy Studies: Reconsidering the Importance of Energy, S. Ulgiati, ed., Padova: SGE, pp. 245-250.

Smil, V. 2003. Agricultural revolution: Asia, Africa, and the Americas. In: Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Joel Mokyr, ed., New York: Oxford University Press, vol. 1, pp. 46-49.

Smil, V. 2003. Fossil fuels. In: Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Joel Mokyr, ed., New York: Oxford University Press, vol. 2, pp. 356-360.

Smil, V. 2003. Bioenergetica. In: Storia della scienza, S. Petruccioli, ed., Roma: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, vol. IX, pp.225-232.

Smil, V. 2002. A more energetic Japan. Asian Wall Street Journal, May1, 2002, p. A9.

Smil, V. 2002. The Earth's Biosphere Evolution, Dynamics and Change. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, viii + 346 pp.

Smil, V. 2002. The future: perfect or posthuman? Natural History 111(7):82-83.

Smil, V. 2002. The temperature of everything. Nature 418:919-920.

Smil, V. 2002. Biofixation and nitrogen in the biosphere and in global food production. In: Finan, T.M. et al., eds. Nitrogen Fixation: Global Perspectives (Proceedings of the 13th International Congress in Nitrogen Fixation), CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 7-10.

Smil, V. 2002. Food production. In: The Nutrition Transition: Diet and Disease in Modern World, B. Caballero and B. Popkin, eds. Elsevier Science, London, pp. 25-50.

Smil, V. 2002. Phosphorus: Global transfers. In: Causes and Consequences of Global Environmental Change I. Douglas, ed. Vol. 3. of Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change, T. Munn, ed., John Wiley, Chichester, pp. 536-542.

Smil, V. 2002. Nitrogen and food production: Proteins for human diets. Ambio 31:126-131.

Smil, V. 2002. Acid rain. In: International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, J. Barry and E.G. Frankland, eds., Routledge, London, pp. 1-2.

Smil, V. 2002. Air pollution. In: International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, J. Barry and E.G. Frankland, eds., Routledge, London, pp. 10-11.

Smil, V. 2002. China. In: International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, J. Barry and E.G. Frankland, eds., Routledge, London, pp. 80-85.

Smil, V. 2002. Three Gorges Project. In: International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics, J. Barry and E.G. Frankland, eds., Routledge, London, pp. 449-451.

Smil, V. 2002. Population and environmental services. In: Population and Environment, W. Lutz, A. Prskawetz and W.C. Sanderson, eds., A Supplement to Vol. 28 Population and Development Review, pp. 187-198.

Smil, V. 2002. Energy resources and uses: a global primer for the twenty-first century. Current History 101(653):126-132.

Smil, V. 2002. Worldwide transformation of diets, burdens of meat production and opportunities for novel food proteins. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 30:305-311.

Smil, V. 2002. Biofixation and nitrogen in the biosphere and in global food production. In: Finan, T.M. et al., eds. Nitrogen Fixation: Global Perspectives (Proceedings of the 13th International Congress in Nitrogen Fixation), CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 7-10.

Smil, V. 2002. Food production. In: The Nutrition Transition: Diet and Disease in the Developing World, B. Caballero and B. Popkin, eds. Elsevier Science, London, pp. 25-50.

Smil, V. 2002. A more energetic Japan. Asian Wall Street Journal, May1, 2002, p. A9.

Smil, V. 2002. The Earth’s Biosphere Evolution, Dynamics and Change. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, viii + 346 pp.

Smil, V. 2002. The future: perfect or posthuman? Natural History 111(7):82-83.

Smil, V. 2002. The temperature of everything. Nature 418:919-920.

Smil, V. 2002. Eating meat: evolution, patterns, and consequences. Population and Development Review 28:599-639.

Smil, V. 2001. Genius loci. Nature 409:21.

Smil, V. 2001. Enriching the Earth:  Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch and the Transformation of World Food Production. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xvii + 338 pp.

Smil, V. 2001. Geography of energy use. In: J. Zumerchik, ed., Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy Vol. 2, Macmillan Reference USA, New York, pp. 567-572

Smil, V. 2001. Historical perspectives and social consequences. In: J. Zumerchik, ed., Macmillan Encyclopedia of Energy  Vol. 2, Macmillan Reference USA, New York, pp. 621-630.

Smil, V. 2001. Genius loci. Fizikai szemle 2001(1):38.

Smil, V. 2001. What we do best. Natural History 110(3):96.

Smil, V. 2001. Enriching the Earth –- or what is better than composting. In: Environmental Health: Where Does Composting Fit? Proceedings of the 7^th Annual Composting Conference, Composting Technology Center, Olds, AB, pp. 1-4.

Smil, V. 2001. Energy strategies for the 21st century: perils and opportunities. In: Advances in Energy Studies, S. Ulgiati et al., eds., SGE, Padova, pp. 3799-384.

Smil, V. 2001. China's burn rate. Asiaweek 27(27):21.

Smil, V. 2001. It doesn't add up. Asiaweek 27(46):24.

Smil, V. 2001. Global biogeochemical cycles. In: Handbook of Industrial Ecology, R.U. Ayres and L.W. Ayres, eds. Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 249-259.

Smil, V. 2001. Energias Una Guia Ilustrada de la Bioesfera y la Civilizacion. Editorial Crítica, Barcelona, 408 pp (Spanish translation of Energies).

Smil, V. 2001. Feeding the World A Challenge for the 21st Century. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xxviii + 360 pp (paperback edition).

Smil, V. 2001. Air pollution. In: International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Science, N.J. Smelser and P.B.Baltes, eds., Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, vol 1, pp. 355-359.

Smil, V. 2000. Feeding the World:  A Challenge for the 21st Century. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xxviii + 360 pp.

Smil, V. 2000. Laying down the law. Nature 403:597.

Smil, V. 2000. China's energy and resource uses: continuity and change. In: R.L. Edmonds, ed. Managing the Chinese Environment, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 211-227.

Smil, V. 2000. Rocky Mountain visions: a review essay. Population and Development Review 26:163-176.

Smil, V. 2000. Development and destruction: the dimensions of China's environmental challenge. In: T. Weston and L. Jensen, eds. China Beyond the Headlines, Rowman &  Littlefield, pp. 195-215.

Smil, V. 2000. Horse power. Nature 405:125.

Smil, V. 2000. China's environment: resilient myths and contradictory realities. In: K.K. Gaul and J. Hiltz, eds. Landscapes and Communities on the Pacific Rim, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, pp. 167-181.

Smil, V. 2000. Jumbo. Nature 406:239.

Smil, V. 2000. Water, water everywhere... Asian Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2000, p. 12.

Smil, V. 2000. Good fortune for inorganic fertilizers. Farm Chemicals International 14(3):60-61.

Smil, V. 2000. Why China should take care of its environment. In: Proceedings of Symposium on 21st Century China and the Challenge of Sustainable Development, Washington DC: WRAS, pp. 5-8.

Smil, V. 2000. Long-range perspectives on inorganic fertilizers in global agriculture. In: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Hunger, International Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, AB, pp. 13-20.

Smil, V. 2000. Magic beans. Nature 407:567.

Smil, V. 2000. Cycles of Life  Civilization and the Biosphere. Scientific American Library, New York, x + 221 pp (revised paperback edition).

Smil, V. 2000. Perils of long-range energy forecasting: reflections of looking far ahead. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 65:251-264.

Smil, V. 2000. Energy in the 20th century: resources,  conversions, costs, uses, and consequences. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 25:21-51.

Smil, V. 2000. Phosphorus in the environment: natural flows and human interferences. Annual Review of Energy and Environment 25:53-88.

Smil, V. 2000. The energy question, again. Current History 99:408-412.

Smil, V. 2000. Storia dell’energia. Bologna: Società editrice il Mulino, 420 pp.

Smil, V.  2000. Vaulting space. Nature  408:910.

Smil, V. 2000. All human life is here. Nature 407:643-644.

Smil, V. 1999. Crop residues: agriculture's largest harvest. BioScience 49:299-308.

Smil, V. 1999. China's megaprojects for the new millennium. Asian Wall Street Journal, April 22, 1999, p. 8.

Smil, V. 1999. China's agricultural land. The China Quarterly 158:414-429.

Smil, V. 1999. Nitrogen in crop production: An account of global flows. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 13:647-662.

Smil, V. 1999. Detonator of the population explosion. Nature 400:415.

Smil, V. 1999. Impacts of energy use on global biospheric cycles. In: S.J. Hassol and J. Katzenberger, eds. Elements of Change 1998. Aspen Global Change Institute, Aspen, CO, pp.153-156.

Smil, V. 1999. China's unstable past and future. Asian Wall Street Journal, September 30, 1999, p. 8.

Smil, V. 1999. How many billions to go? Nature 401:429.

Smil, V. 1999. Long-range Perspectives on Inorganic Fertilizers in Global Agriculture. Travis P. Hignett Memorial Lecture, International Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, AB, 36 pp

Smil, V. 1999. China's great famine: 40 years later. British Medical Journal 7225:1619-1621.

Smil, V. 1999. Elementaire kringlopen: Wisselwerking tussen biosfeer en beschaving. Natuur & Techniek, Beek, 216 pp.

Smil, V. 1998. China's environmental security: non- catastrophic perspectives. In: B.R. Allenby et al., eds., Environmental Threats and National Security, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 208-220.

Smil, V. 1998. Im Tal des Jangtse schlägt die Natur zurück. Weltwoche 32(August 6):1-2.

Smil, V. 1998. Nature's services, human follies. Population and Development Review 24(3):613-623.

Smil, V. 1998. Food, energy, and the environment: implications for Asia's rice agriculture. In: N.G. Dowling, S.M. Greenfield and K.S. Fischer, eds., Sustainability of Rice in the Global Food System, International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines, pp. 321-331.

Smil, V. 1998. Global population: milestones, hopes, and concerns. Medicine & Global Survival 5(2):105-108.

Smil, V. 1998. Future of oil: Trends and surprises. OPEC Review 22(4):253-276.

Smil, V. 1998. China's energy and resource uses: continuity and change. The China Quarterly 156:935-951.

Smil, V. 1998. Energies An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, xi + 217 pp.

Smil, V. 1997. Cycles of Life Civilization and the Biosphere. Scientific American Library, New York, x + 221 pp.

Smil, V. 1997. China's environment and security: simple myths and complex realities. SAIS Review 17:107-126.

Smil, V. 1997. Some unorthodox perspectives on agricultural biodiversity: the case of legume cultivation. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 62:135-144.

Smil, V. 1997. Global population and nitrogen cycle. Scientific American 277(1):76-81.

Smil, V. 1997. China shoulders the cost of environmental change. Environment 39(6):6-9, 33-37.

Smil, V. 1997. China's environment and natural resources. In: C. Hudson, ed. China Handbook, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago, pp. 188-197.

Smil, V. 1996. Is there enough Chinese food? New York Review of Books 43(2):32-34.

Smil, V. 1996. Book of numbers. Nature 379:593-594.

Smil, V. 1996. Energy and the Environment Challenges for the Pacific Rim. Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Vancouver, BC, 20 pp.

Smil, V. 1996. Barriers to a sustainable China. In: D.C. Pirages, ed. Building Sustainable Societies, M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, pp. 175-187.

Smil, V. 1996. Environmental Problems in China: Estimates of Economic Costs. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, 62 pp.

Smil, V. 1996. Factors influencing China's impact on a climate change regime. In: S.J. Rassol and J. Katzenberger, eds., Elements of Change 1995, The Aspen Global Change Institute, Aspen, CO, pp. 174-176.

Smil, V. 1996. Environmental issues and the food supply situation in China. In: S.J. Rassol and J. Katzenberger, eds., Elements of Change 1995, The Aspen Global Change Institute, Aspen, CO, pp. 247-248.

Smil, V. 1996. Umweltsünden der Kulturrevolutionäre. Tages Anzeiger 104(189):2, 16 August 1996.

Smil, V. 1996. The Developing Countries: The China Example. In: S. Rampal and S.W. Sinding, eds., Population Growth and Environmental Issues, Praeger, New York, pp. 23-30.

Smil, V. 1996. Energetica Generale: L'energia nella biosfera e nella civiltà. Edagricole, Bologna, xi + 397 pp.

Smil, V. 1996. Chugoku no kankyo kiki. Aki shobo, Tokyo, x + 270 pp.

Smil, V. 1996. Who Will Feed China? Fourth Annual Hopper Lecture, October 22, 1996. Center for Inetrnational Programs, University of Guelph, ON, 18 pp.

Smil, V. 1996. China's Environmental Refugees: Causes, Dimensions and Risks of an Emerging Problem. In: G. Bächler and K.R. Spillmann, eds., Kriegsursäche Umweltzerstörung, Verlag Ruegger, Zürich, pp. 127-148.

Smil, V. 1996. Mushiba mareta daichi chugoku no kankyo mondai. Korosha, Kyoto, xix + 289 pp.

Smil, V. 1995. China's consumption frenzy cannot last. People & the Planet 4(1):14-16.

Smil, V. 1995. L'environnement et la politique internationale. Etudes internationales 26(2):361-371.

Smil, V. 1995. China's economy. In: Colliers Encyclopedia, Collier's, New York, pp. 293-302.

Smil, V. 1995. Energy, economy and the environment in industrializing countries. In: World Energy to the Year 2020, The Rene Dubos Center for Human Environments, New York, pp. 52-54.

Smil, V. 1995. Feeding China. Current History 94(593):280- 284.

Smil, V. 1995. Who will feed China? The China Quarterly 143:801-813.

Smil, V. 1995. China's Environmental Refugees: Causes, Dimensions and Risks of an Emerging Problem. In: Environmental Crisis: Regional Conflicts and Ways of Cooperation, K.R. Spillmann and G. Bächler, eds., Swiss Peace Foundation, Bern, pp. 75-91.

Smil, V. 1994. Der grosse Sprung in die Städte. Der Überblick 30(1):26-29.

Smil, V. 1994. Asia's stumbling giant. The Independent May 1994:66-69.

Smil, V. 1994. A land stretching to support its people. International Herald Tribune, May 30, p. 8.

Smil, V. 1994. Energy intensities: revealing or misleading? OPEC Review 18(1):1-23.

Smil, V. 1994. How many people can the Earth feed? Population and Development Review 20(2):255-292.

Smil, V. 1994. The world's forgotten wars. The Independent July 1994:70-71.

Smil, V. 1994.The human dimensions of sustainable development: a global view. In: Energy, the Environment, and Global Economic Growth, W. Keens, ed., The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, pp. 84-87.

Smil, V. 1994. Oil - the thirsty years. The Independent August 1994:66-67.

Smil, V. 1994. Gelber Fluss verschwindet. Profil 25(35):56-57.

Smil, V. 1994. Why many big projects are mixed blessings. International Herald Tribune, September 21, pp. 17A-17B.

Smil, V. 1994. Energy in World History. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, xviii + 300 p.

Smil, V. 1994. Raubzug auf letzte Ressourcen. Neue Zürcher Zeitung Folio 11:24-28.

Smil, V. 1994. China's greenhouse gas emissions. Global Environmental Change 4:279-286.

Smil, V. 1994. Some contrarian notes on environmental threats to national security. Canadian Foreign Policy 2(2):85-87.

Smil, V. 1993. Afforestation in China. In: A. Mather, ed., Afforestation Policies, Planning and Progress, Belhaven Press, London, pp. 105-117 .

Smil, V. 1993. China's Environment An Inquiry into the Limits of National Development. M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, xix + 257 pp.

Smil, V. 1993. How rich is China? Current History 92(575):265-269.

Smil, V. 1993. Global Ecology Environmental Change and Social Flexibility. Routledge, London, xiii + 240 pp.

Smil, V. 1992. Agricultural energy costs: National analyses. In: R.C. Fluck, ed., Energy in Farm Production, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 85-100.

Smil, V. 1992. Potential Environmental Conflicts Involving Countries of the North Pacific. North Pacific Cooperative Security Dialogue, York University, Toronto, ON, 18 pp.

Smil, V. 1992. Elusive links: energy, value, economic growth and quality of life. OPEC Review 16(1):1-21.

Smil, V. 1992. Living beyond our means. The Independent 3(7):37-38.

Smil, V. 1992. China's emissions of greenhouse gases: status and prospects. In: T.W. Robinson, ed., The Foreign Relations of China's Environmental Policy. The American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC, pp. 65-72.

Smil, V. 1992. China's environment in the 1980s: some critical changes. Ambio 21:431-436.

Smil, V. 1992. Environmental Change as a Source of Conflict and Economic Losses in China. Occasional paper series of the project on Environmental Change and Acute Conflict 2:5-39, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA.

Smil, V. 1992. How efficient is Japan's energy use? Current Politics and Economics of Japan 2(3/4):315-327.

Smil, V. 1991. General Energetics Energy in the Biosphere and Civilization. John Wiley, New York, xiii + 369 pp.

Smil, V. 1991. Does energy efficiency explain Japan's economic success?. Current History 90(555):175-178, 181.

Smil, V. 1991. A guide for green sceptics. The Independent 2(9):18-19.

Smil, V. 1991. Mainland China's agricultural prospects: some fundamental limitations. Issues & Studies 27(6):45-67.

Smil, V. 1991. Global warming: what we know and what we can do. Populi 18(2):35-45.

Smil, V. 1991. Population growth and nitrogen: An exploration of a critical existential link. Population and Development Review 17:569-601.

Smil, V. 1990. Planetary warming: realities and responses. Population and Development Review 16:1-29.

Smil, V. 1990. Energy costs of Chinese crop farming. In: T.C. Tso, ed., Agricultural Reform and Development in China, IDEALS, Beltsville, MD, pp. 260-267.

Smil, V. 1990. Missing energy perspectives. In: Damming the Three Gorges, G. Ryder, ed., Probe International, Toronto, pp. 101-106.

Smil, V. 1990. Feeding China's people. Current History 80(548):257-260, 276-277.

Smil, V. 1990. Take heart: Why wine may be good for you. Wine 5(12):72-74.

Smil, V. 1990. China and Japan: energy contrasts and commonalities. In: P. N. Nemetz, ed., The Pacific Rim, University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, pp. 297- 309.

Smil, V. 1990. Nitrogen and phosphorus. In: B.L. Turner et al., eds., The Earth as Transformed by Human Action, pp. 423-436.