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Sustainability science / Bert J.M. de Vries.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xvii, 590 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1139844695
  • 9781139844697
  • 9781139839952
  • 1139839950
  • 9780511794469
  • 0511794460
  • 1139853775
  • 9781139853774
  • 1139842331
  • 9781139842334
  • 1139841149
  • 9781139841146
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sustainability science.DDC classification:
  • 338.9/27072 23
LOC classification:
  • HC79.E5 V735 2013
Other classification:
  • 83.63
Online resources:
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.
Summary: Textbook surveys key issues of sustainability - energy, nature, agro-food, resources, economics - for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

English.

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