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Resources, society, and the future : a report /
Resources, Society and the Future is a report on resources and raw materials and their implications for the future of the Swedish society. This report aims to create a framework for a continuous dialogue in Sweden between the general public and their political representatives, the scientific world a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Swedish |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1980.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Resources Society and the Future; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. Motives for a Futures Study of Resources and Raw Materials; Introduction; Background to the study of resources and raw materials; History of a debate; Chapter 2. Resources and Raw Materials Defined; Introduction; The physical foundations of the resource concept; The Classification of Natural Resources; Cognitive foundations of the resource concept; Resources and Mineral Reserves; Raw materials; Measuring the importance of raw materials; Raw Materials
- Value.
- Distribution
- an Important Basis of AssessmentInternational Dependence; Qualitative Aspects and the Importance of Raw Materials; Chapter 3. Global Demand; Introduction; Forecasting demand for raw materials; Population development; GNP growth; Demand for raw materials; Summary; Chapter 4. Global Supply; Agriculture; Forestry; Fisheries; Minerals; Growing Energy and Pollution Problems; Increasing Difficulties in Mobilizing Reserves; Interstate Cartels; Political Events; Summary; Chapter 5. Resources in a Long-term Perspective; Introduction; Time perspectives; Foodstuffs Per Capita.
- Natural ResourcesPollution; Will technical solutions be found?; What Sort of Technology?; Costs; System Sensitivity as a Cost; Costs in the Form of the Conceivable Impact of Technology on Social and Economic Structure; Costs in the Form of Reduced Quality of Life; Chapter 6. Sweden and Raw Materials; Sweden's raw material profile; Two perspectives on Sweden in around 1990; Alternative World Environments; Some long-term factors with a bearing in demand for raw materials; Environmental Consideration; Will Sweden's raw materials supplies be adequate?; Energy and Raw Materials.
- The Environment and the Supply of Raw MaterialsImports of Raw Materials; Chapter 7. Aims and Means of a Raw Materials Policy; Introduction; Raw Materials Policy and Priorities; Resource Restrictions; The Dominant Economic Goals and Raw Materials Policy; Raw Materials Policy and Goals Differing from those Traditionally Dominant; Instruments of raw materials policy; Measures to Reduce the Use of Scarce Raw Materials; Measures to Increase the supply of Raw materials; Measures to Secure Supplies; Summary; Appendix 1. The Secretariat for Futures Studies
- Organization; Background; Projects.
- Project GroupsAppendix 2. Interim reports and other background material compiled in thecourse of the Resources and Raw Materials study; Interim reports; Appendix 3a. Politics and raw materials in an international perspective Summary of a study by Tomas Bertelman; 1. A historical perspective; 2. The 1970s; 3. The nature of the dependence of the industrialized countries; 4. The effects of wastefulness and conservation; 5. Sweden's role; Appendix 3b. Non-renewable raw materials; About the Study; Minerals
- whence and whither?