The Next World War : Tribes, Cities, Nations, and Ecological Decline /

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Pre-occupied with the war on terrorism, we have lost sight of a more dangerous enemy of social peace and progress - the inability of the world's people to access the ecological goods and services they need to maintain and build their societies. By 2025, the combined demands of continued economi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Woodbridge, Roy M.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Milieuaantasting.
Internationalisatie.
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
Internationale conflicten.
Sustainable development.
Human ecology.
Globalization > Environmental aspects.
Environmental degradation.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
human ecology.
sustainable development.
Developpement economique > Aspect de l'environnement > Histoire.
Écologie humaine.
Developpement durable.
Mondialisation > Aspect de l'environnement.
Environnement > Degradation.
Economic development > Environmental aspects > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Part I: the enemy is ecological decline
  • A shift in the angle of vision
  • Provisioning societies
  • Part II: from common genes to the global economy
  • Round one: the spread of hunter-gatherer societies
  • Round two: the rise and spread of agricultural societies
  • Round three: urbanization
  • Round four: from city-states to nations
  • Round five: reliance on global business networks
  • The organization and potential of round five
  • Part III: the twenty-five year challenge to growth and social stability
  • From egalitarian tribes to global inequity
  • Ecological roadblocks to growth and poverty reduction
  • The catalysts of calamity
  • Part IV: the war to provision in the world
  • Our common enemy
  • Mobilizing nations for war
  • Mobilizing the international community
  • Round six: the age of global provisioning.

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