Sustainable development and the limitation of growth : future prospects for world civilization

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Sustainable development and the limitation of growth : future prospects for world civilization / Victor I. Danilov-Danil'yan, Kim S. Losev, and Igor E. Reyf.

Danilov-Danilʹi͡an, V. I. (Viktor Ivanovich) (Author). Losev, K. S. (Added Author). Reĭf, I. (Igorʹ) (Added Author).

Summary:

"Sustainable Development and the Limitation of Growth presents the ecological, demographic, economic and socio-psychological manifestations of the global crisis, and outlines the immutable laws and limitations which determine the existence of all living things in the biosphere." "This unique work argues for a change in the sustainable development paradigm, the strategic nucleus of which must be the conservation of ecosystems, especially forests, still in existence and the partial reconstruction of destroyed ecosystems, as well as for an understanding of humanity's real place in the natural environment and the gravity of the ecological threat before us."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9783540752493
ISBN: 3540752498
Physical Description: xvi, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Berlin ; Springer ; ©2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Civilization in crisis : on the edge of an abyss -- Civilization teetering over the abyss of crisis (conclusion) -- The world of community : politicians and scientists in search of a solution -- Sustainable development : between complacency and reality -- On the scale of a scientific approach -- "Is there enough community, responsibility, discipline and love?"
Action Note:: committed to retain 20160630 20310630 EAST http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials This title retained by Wesleyan University Library on behalf of the Eastern Academic Scholars Trust (EAST) print archive