Sustainability science /

Textbook surveys key issues of sustainability - energy, nature, agro-food, resources, economics - for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vries, Bert de, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Sustainable development > Research.
Développement durable > Recherche.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
Milieueconomie.
Systeemdynamica.
Duurzaamheid (algemeen)
Duurzame energie.
Duurzame landbouw.
Kwaliteit van het bestaan.
Cultuur.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The systems dynamics perspective
  • In search of sustainability : past civilizations
  • The world in the past 300 years : the great acceleration
  • Sustainability: concerns and definitions
  • Quality of life : on values, knowledge and worldviews
  • Energy fundamentals
  • On knowledge and models
  • Ecosystems
  • Human populations and human behaviour
  • Agro-food systems
  • Renewable resources : water, fish and forest
  • Non-renewable resources : the industrial economy
  • Towards a sustainable economy
  • Outlook on the futures
  • Glossary
  • References.

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