The Social Metabolism A Socio-Ecological Theory of Historical Change /

Today, the most notable feature of the modern world is the growing concern for the future, since human society is immersed in a "giant, uncontrolled experiment" (McNeill, 2000), which it has caused, where natural and social processes are connected in an unprecedented way, generating new un...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: González de Molina, Manuel (Autor), Toledo, Víctor M. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Environmental History, 3
Temas:
History.
Environment.
Sustainability.
Environmental economics.
Anthropology.
Sociology.
Environmental Sciences.
Environmental Economics.
Sociological Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Environmental history as sustainability science
  • 3. Social metabolism: origins, history, approaches and main publications
  • 4. The basic model
  • 5. Social metabolism at the local scale
  • 6. Social metabolism at the regional scale
  • 7. Social metabolism at the national and global scales
  • 8. Global metabolism
  • 9. The cinegetic or extractive mode of social metabolism
  • 10. The organic metabolism
  • 11. The industrial metabolism
  • 12. A non-cybernetic theory of social metabolism
  • 13. Metabolic transitions: a theory of socioecological transformation
  • 14. Epilogue: metabolisms, entropy and sustainable society.

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