Sustainability science

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vries, Bert de, 1948-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, c2013.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.