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Economic growth and sustainability : systems thinking for a complex world /

How to sustain our world for future generations has perplexed us for centuries. We have reached a crossroads: we may choose the rocky path of responsibility or continue on the paved road of excess that promises hardship for our progeny. Independent efforts to resolve isolated issues are inadequate....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Higgins, Karen L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam [Netherlands] : Academic Press, 2015.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 
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520 |a How to sustain our world for future generations has perplexed us for centuries. We have reached a crossroads: we may choose the rocky path of responsibility or continue on the paved road of excess that promises hardship for our progeny. Independent efforts to resolve isolated issues are inadequate. Different from these efforts and from other books on the topic, this book uses systems thinking to understand the dominant forces that are shaping our hope for sustainability. It first describes a mental model - the bubble that holds our beliefs - that emerges from preponderant world views and expl. 
505 0 |a Cover; Title page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Copyright; Preface; About the Author; Introduction -- the Looming Challenge of Sustainability; Chapter 1: The Secret's in the Overlap: Sustainability as an Integrated System; Abstract; 1.1. Environmentalism and sustainability; 1.2. Systems thinking; 1.3. Lessons for the future; Chapter 2: Living in a Bubble: A Mental Model of How the World Works; Abstract; 2.1. Defining our predominant mental model; 2.2. Economic growth and human thriving; 2.3. Energy and technology advances; 2.4. Population growth and pollution. 
505 8 |a Chapter 3: The Ant Who Lives Forever: A Systems Interpretation of Our Mental ModelAbstract; 3.1. Systems depiction of our mental model; 3.2. Implications of our mental model; Chapter 4: Addicted to Growth: Economic Growth Promises Happiness and Well-Being; Abstract; 4.1. Addicted to economic growth; 4.2. Economic growth trends; 4.3. Repercussions of economic growth; 4.4. A promise broken: creating a new perspective; Chapter 5: Two Faces of Happiness: Instant Gratification versus Sustainable Well-being; Abstract; 5.1. Blending eastern and western ideals. 
505 8 |a 5.2. Sustainable happiness and well-being5.3. Long-term/short-term balance; Chapter 6: The Bubble Bursts: Population and Pollution Become Our Concern; Abstract; 6.1. Population growth; 6.2. Increased pollution; 6.3. Interaction among population, economy, and environment; Chapter 7: Applying the Brakes: Factors That Limit Growth; Abstract; 7.1. Ancient civilization and limits to growth; 7.2. Carrying capacity; 7.3. Limiting factors; Chapter 8: The "I"s Have It: A Systems View of Sustainability; Abstract; 8.1. Integration and interdependence; 8.2. The system diagram. 
505 8 |a 8.3. Mental model and integrated system compared8.4. A video of the future; 8.5. Imperfections and lessons; Chapter 9: Creating Balance: Effective Interventions; Abstract; 9.1. Sustainability solutions: systemic or suboptimal?; 9.2. Analytic approach; 9.3. Areas of intervention; 9.4. Proposed actions; Chapter 10: Pieces of the Puzzle Level I: Paradigm Shifts; Abstract; 10.1. Synergistic plan to achieve sustainability; 10.2. Building the foundation; 10.3. Area 1: mental model; 10.4. Area 2: balanced cultural values; Chapter 11: Pieces of the Puzzle Level II: Structural Changes; Abstract. 
505 8 |a 11.1. Altering feedback loops11.2. Area 3: energy cost; 11.3. Area 4: births per year; 11.4. Area 5: median age; Chapter 12: Pieces of the Puzzle Level III: Transition to the Future; Abstract; 12.1. Attending to the present; 12.2. Long-term versus short-term conflict resolution; 12.3. Area 6: environmental technology and policies; 12.4. Area 7: energy technology and policies; 12.5. Area 8: food and water technology and policies; Chapter 13: From Bud to Blossom: Nurturing Sustainable Stewardship; Abstract; 13.1. From anxiety to hope; 13.2. From mental model to integrated system. 
546 |a English. 
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650 0 |a Sustainable development. 
650 0 |a System theory. 
650 0 |a Conservation of natural resources. 
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650 6 |a D�eveloppement durable.  |0 (CaQQLa)201-0207835 
650 6 |a Th�eorie des syst�emes.  |0 (CaQQLa)201-0010973 
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776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Higgins, Karen.  |t Economic growth and sustainability : systems thinking for a complex world.  |d Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Academic Press, �2015  |h xix, 201 pages  |z 9780128022047 
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