The Limits Of Growth
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The Limits Of Growth
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Author : D. H. Meadows
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Limits Of Growth written by D. H. Meadows and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.
Limits To Growth
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Author : Donella Meadows
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date : 2004-06-01
Limits To Growth written by Donella Meadows and has been published by Chelsea Green Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-01 with Science categories.
"A pioneering work of science."—Business Insider "[This book] helped launch modern environmental computer modeling and began our current globally focused environmental debate . . . . a scientifically rigorous and credible warning."—The Nation In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production. Their results shocked the world and created stirring conversation about global 'overshoot,' or resource use beyond the carrying capacity of the planet. Now, preeminent environmental scientists Donnella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and Dennis Meadows have teamed up again to update and expand their original findings in The Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Global Update. Meadows, Randers, and Meadows are international environmental leaders recognized for their groundbreaking research into early signs of wear on the planet. Citing climate change as the most tangible example of our current overshoot, the scientists now provide us with an updated scenario and a plan to reduce our needs to meet the carrying capacity of the planet. Over the past three decades, population growth and global warming have forged on with a striking semblance to the scenarios laid out by the World3 computer model in the original Limits to Growth. While Meadows, Randers, and Meadows do not make a practice of predicting future environmental degradation, they offer an analysis of present and future trends in resource use, and assess a variety of possible outcomes. In many ways, the message contained in Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update is a warning. Overshoot cannot be sustained without collapse. But, as the authors are careful to point out, there is reason to believe that humanity can still reverse some of its damage to Earth if it takes appropriate measures to reduce inefficiency and waste. Written in refreshingly accessible prose, Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update is a long anticipated revival of some of the original voices in the growing chorus of sustainability. Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Update is a work of stunning intelligence that will expose for humanity the hazy but critical line between human growth and human development.
The Limits To Growth
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Author : Donella H. Meadows
language : en
Publisher: New York : Universe Books
Release Date : 1974
The Limits To Growth written by Donella H. Meadows and has been published by New York : Universe Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Social Science categories.
New York: Universe Books, [1972].
The Limits To Growth Revisited
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Author : Ugo Bardi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-05-27
The Limits To Growth Revisited written by Ugo Bardi and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-27 with Technology & Engineering categories.
“The Limits to Growth” (Meadows, 1972) generated unprecedented controversy with its predictions of the eventual collapse of the world's economies. First hailed as a great advance in science, “The Limits to Growth” was subsequently rejected and demonized. However, with many national economies now at risk and global peak oil apparently a reality, the methods, scenarios, and predictions of “The Limits to Growth” are in great need of reappraisal. In The Limits to Growth Revisited, Ugo Bardi examines both the science and the polemics surrounding this work, and in particular the reactions of economists that marginalized its methods and conclusions for more than 30 years. “The Limits to Growth” was a milestone in attempts to model the future of our society, and it is vital today for both scientists and policy makers to understand its scientific basis, current relevance, and the social and political mechanisms that led to its rejection. Bardi also addresses the all-important question of whether the methods and approaches of “The Limits to Growth” can contribute to an understanding of what happened to the global economy in the Great Recession and where we are headed from there.
The Future Of Nature
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Author : Libby Robin
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-22
The Future Of Nature written by Libby Robin and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-22 with Nature categories.
This anthology provides an historical overview of the scientific ideas behind environmental prediction and how, as predictions about environmental change have been taken more seriously and widely, they have affected politics, policy, and public perception. Through an array of texts and commentaries that examine the themes of progress, population, environment, biodiversity and sustainability from a global perspective, it explores the meaning of the future in the twenty-first century. Providing access and reference points to the origins and development of key disciplines and methods, it will encourage policy makers, professionals, and students to reflect on the roots of their own theories and practices.
Of Limits And Growth
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Author : Stephen Macekura
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-07-15
Of Limits And Growth written by Stephen Macekura and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-15 with Business & Economics categories.
Of Limits and Growth offers new perspectives on environmentalism, post-1945 international history, and the origins of sustainability.
Flourishing Within Limits To Growth
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Author : Sven Erik Jørgensen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-07-03
Flourishing Within Limits To Growth written by Sven Erik Jørgensen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-03 with Nature categories.
Decades of research and discussion have shown that the human population growth and our increased consumption of natural resources cannot continue – there are limits to growth. This volume demonstrates how we might modify and revise our economic systems using nature as a model. The book describes how nature uses three growth forms: biomass, information, and networks, resulting in improved overall ecosystem functioning and co-development. As biomass growth is limited by available resources, nature uses the two other growth forms to achieve higher resource use efficiency. Through a universal application of the three ‘R’s: reduce, reuse, and recycle, nature thus shows us a way forward towards better solutions. However, our current approach, dominated by short-term economic thinking, inhibits full utilization of the three ‘R’s and other successful approaches from nature. Building on ecological principles, the authors present a global model and futures scenario analyses which show that implementation of the proposed changes will lead to a win-win situation. In other words, we can learn from nature how to develop a society that can flourish within the limits to growth with better conditions for prosperity and well-being.
Beyond The Limits
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Author : Donella H. Meadows
language : en
Publisher: Post Mills, Vt. : Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Release Date : 1992
Beyond The Limits written by Donella H. Meadows and has been published by Post Mills, Vt. : Chelsea Green Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Business & Economics categories.
The bold sequel to The Limits to Growth, which sold nine million copies in 29 languages and became an international bestseller. With 20 years' worth of new data, the authors starkly illustrate the state of the world as it is today--with exponentially growing population, non-renewable resource use, industrial output, food production, and pollution.
Beyond The Limits To Growth
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Author : Hiroshi Komiyama
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-02-18
Beyond The Limits To Growth written by Hiroshi Komiyama and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-18 with Science categories.
At a time when contemporary challenges seem to many to be insurmountable, this book offers an optimistic view of the future and provides a road map for societies to get there. Drawing upon extensive research and many years as a thought leader in environmental and sustainability issues in Japan and internationally, Hiroshi Komiyama analyzes the most pressing challenges to the attainment of sustainability of economically advanced nations and argues forcefully for Japan to lead them out of the present dilemma through active promotion of creative consumer and societal demand. He shows how an active industry–government–academic partnership can provide the environment needed to promote such new creative demand and illustrates its potential through presentation of a Platinum Society Network that was launched on a regional basis in Japan in 2010 to facilitate the solution of common issues through the exchange of information and ideas. What is perhaps most surprising about the text is its unwavering optimism supported by hard evidence, history, and insightful observation. Problems arising from new paradigms of the 21st century (what the author refers to as “exploding knowledge, limited Earth resources, and aging societies“) thwart sustainable development in advanced and developing countries alike. All countries will struggle with issues that evolve from these paradigms including diminishing resources, expanding budget deficits, and growing global environmental problems. This window on potential practical pathways and solutions should be of interest to all those engaged in seeking ways to meet these contemporary challenges.
Beyond The Limits To Growth
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Author : Eduard Pestel
language : en
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Release Date : 1989
Beyond The Limits To Growth written by Eduard Pestel and has been published by Universe Publishing(NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Business & Economics categories.