Edited by Marina Fischer-Kowalski, University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences and Helmut Haberl, Institute of Social Ecology, BOKU University, Austria

'Unlike so many books that analyze material and energy flows in society and the developments therein, this is one of the few that link such information to developments in social organization and that discusses how limits in one sphere influence the other and in reverse.'

• Contents:ForewordJoan Martinez-Alier1. Conceptualizing, Observing and Comparing Socioecological TransitionsMarina Fischer-Kowalski and Helmut Haberl2. Land-use Change and Socioeconomic Metabolism: A Macro View of Austria 1830–2000Fridolin Krausmann and Helmut Haberl3. The Fossil-Fuel-Powered Carbon Sink: Carbon Flows and Austria’s Energetic Metabolism in a Long-term PerspectiveKarl-Heinz Erb, Helmut Haberl and Fridolin Krausmann4. The Great Transformation: A Socio-metabolic Reading of the Industrialization of the United KingdomHeinz Schandl and Fridolin Krausmann 5. The Local Base of the Historical Agrarian – Industrial Transition and the Interaction between ScalesHelmut Haberl and Fridolin Krausmann6. The Local Base of Transitions in Developing CountriesClemens M. Grünbühel, Simron J. Singh and Marina Fischer-Kowalski7. Transition in a Contemporary Context: Patterns of Development in a Globalizing WorldNina Eisenmenger, Jesus Ramos Martin and Heinz Schandl8. Conclusions: Likely and Unlikely Pasts, Possible and Impossible FuturesMarina Fischer-Kowalski, Helmut Haberl and Fridolin KrausmannIndex

Edited by Marina Fischer-Kowalski, University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences and Helmut Haberl, Institute of Social Ecology, BOKU University, Austria

'Unlike so many books that analyze material and energy flows in society and the developments therein, this is one of the few that link such information to developments in social organization and that discusses how limits in one sphere influence the other and in reverse.'

• Contents:ForewordJoan Martinez-Alier1. Conceptualizing, Observing and Comparing Socioecological TransitionsMarina Fischer-Kowalski and Helmut Haberl2. Land-use Change and Socioeconomic Metabolism: A Macro View of Austria 1830–2000Fridolin Krausmann and Helmut Haberl3. The Fossil-Fuel-Powered Carbon Sink: Carbon Flows and Austria’s Energetic Metabolism in a Long-term PerspectiveKarl-Heinz Erb, Helmut Haberl and Fridolin Krausmann4. The Great Transformation: A Socio-metabolic Reading of the Industrialization of the United KingdomHeinz Schandl and Fridolin Krausmann 5. The Local Base of the Historical Agrarian – Industrial Transition and the Interaction between ScalesHelmut Haberl and Fridolin Krausmann6. The Local Base of Transitions in Developing CountriesClemens M. Grünbühel, Simron J. Singh and Marina Fischer-Kowalski7. Transition in a Contemporary Context: Patterns of Development in a Globalizing WorldNina Eisenmenger, Jesus Ramos Martin and Heinz Schandl8. Conclusions: Likely and Unlikely Pasts, Possible and Impossible FuturesMarina Fischer-Kowalski, Helmut Haberl and Fridolin KrausmannIndex

Edited by Marina Fischer-Kowalski, University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences and Helmut Haberl, Institute of Social Ecology, BOKU University, Austria

'Unlike so many books that analyze material and energy flows in society and the developments therein, this is one of the few that link such information to developments in social organization and that discusses how limits in one sphere influence the other and in reverse.'

• Contents:ForewordJoan Martinez-Alier1. Conceptualizing, Observing and Comparing Socioecological TransitionsMarina Fischer-Kowalski and Helmut Haberl2. Land-use Change and Socioeconomic Metabolism: A Macro View of Austria 1830–2000Fridolin Krausmann and Helmut Haberl3. The Fossil-Fuel-Powered Carbon Sink: Carbon Flows and Austria’s Energetic Metabolism in a Long-term PerspectiveKarl-Heinz Erb, Helmut Haberl and Fridolin Krausmann4. The Great Transformation: A Socio-metabolic Reading of the Industrialization of the United KingdomHeinz Schandl and Fridolin Krausmann 5. The Local Base of the Historical Agrarian – Industrial Transition and the Interaction between ScalesHelmut Haberl and Fridolin Krausmann6. The Local Base of Transitions in Developing CountriesClemens M. Grünbühel, Simron J. Singh and Marina Fischer-Kowalski7. Transition in a Contemporary Context: Patterns of Development in a Globalizing WorldNina Eisenmenger, Jesus Ramos Martin and Heinz Schandl8. Conclusions: Likely and Unlikely Pasts, Possible and Impossible FuturesMarina Fischer-Kowalski, Helmut Haberl and Fridolin KrausmannIndex