Howard T. Odum was internationally renowned for his development of the science of systems ecology and as a pioneering voice in environmental science, ecology, and ecological engineering and economics. Elisabeth C. Odum is professor emeritus at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida.

"The senescence period of humanity after the loss of our highest quality fuels can be a disaster or it can be planned in a way that will diminish its deleterious aspects. . . . H. T. Odum and his wife, Elisabeth, have provided a blueprint for the future with their excellent book A Prosperous Way Down."- Ecological Modelling

• ; Part I; The Approaching Summit 1; Introduction to the Way Down 2; The Present Condition 3; Intellectual Views of the Future Part II; System Principles 4; The Ways of Energy and Materials in All Systems 5; Pulsing and the Growth Cycle 6; Real Wealth and the Economy 7; Spatial Organization 8; Population and Wealth Part IlII; Policies for Transition and Descent 9; The Global Network 10; Energy Sources 11; Sustaining a Nation 12; Sustaining People 13; Starting Down 14; Reorganizing Cities 15; Restoring Waters 16; Refreshing the Landscape 17; Transmitting Knowledge 18; Preparing People 19; Summary for Action Notes References Index;

Howard T. Odum was internationally renowned for his development of the science of systems ecology and as a pioneering voice in environmental science, ecology, and ecological engineering and economics. Elisabeth C. Odum is professor emeritus at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida.

"The senescence period of humanity after the loss of our highest quality fuels can be a disaster or it can be planned in a way that will diminish its deleterious aspects. . . . H. T. Odum and his wife, Elisabeth, have provided a blueprint for the future with their excellent book A Prosperous Way Down."- Ecological Modelling

• ; Part I; The Approaching Summit 1; Introduction to the Way Down 2; The Present Condition 3; Intellectual Views of the Future Part II; System Principles 4; The Ways of Energy and Materials in All Systems 5; Pulsing and the Growth Cycle 6; Real Wealth and the Economy 7; Spatial Organization 8; Population and Wealth Part IlII; Policies for Transition and Descent 9; The Global Network 10; Energy Sources 11; Sustaining a Nation 12; Sustaining People 13; Starting Down 14; Reorganizing Cities 15; Restoring Waters 16; Refreshing the Landscape 17; Transmitting Knowledge 18; Preparing People 19; Summary for Action Notes References Index;

Howard T. Odum was internationally renowned for his development of the science of systems ecology and as a pioneering voice in environmental science, ecology, and ecological engineering and economics. Elisabeth C. Odum is professor emeritus at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Florida.

"The senescence period of humanity after the loss of our highest quality fuels can be a disaster or it can be planned in a way that will diminish its deleterious aspects. . . . H. T. Odum and his wife, Elisabeth, have provided a blueprint for the future with their excellent book A Prosperous Way Down."- Ecological Modelling

• ; Part I; The Approaching Summit 1; Introduction to the Way Down 2; The Present Condition 3; Intellectual Views of the Future Part II; System Principles 4; The Ways of Energy and Materials in All Systems 5; Pulsing and the Growth Cycle 6; Real Wealth and the Economy 7; Spatial Organization 8; Population and Wealth Part IlII; Policies for Transition and Descent 9; The Global Network 10; Energy Sources 11; Sustaining a Nation 12; Sustaining People 13; Starting Down 14; Reorganizing Cities 15; Restoring Waters 16; Refreshing the Landscape 17; Transmitting Knowledge 18; Preparing People 19; Summary for Action Notes References Index;