The Limits to Growth Revisited

"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 n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bardi, Ugo (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Energy Analysis,
Temas:
Environmental management.
Environmental economics.
Computer simulation.
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
System theory.
Environmental Management.
Environmental Economics.
Computer Modelling.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Complex Systems.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The story of "The Limits to Growth"
  • 3. Of models and simulations
  • 4. System dynamics modeling
  • 5. Modeling the real world: whaling in 19th century
  • 6. World modeling by system dynamics
  • 7.  Criticism to "The Limits to Growth"
  • 8. Mineral Resources as Limits to Growth
  • 9. Technological Progress and Limits to Growth
  • 10. The Political Debate
  • 11. The Return of World Modeling
  • 12. Conclusion: the challenges ahead
  • 13. About the author
  • 14. Acknowledgements.

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