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Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows - Limits to Growth, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

Limits to Growth

Av Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows

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Beskrivning
Groundbreaking call to action by Donella Meadows, the bestselling author of Thinking in Systems!Limits to Growth was right. New research shows we're nearing collapse the GuardianThe updated edition of the groundbreaking classic that kickstarted the movement for environmental and ecological reform!Perfect for fans of The Uninhabitable Earth and There is No Planet BIt is no unknown fact that at the present rate of climate change, population growth and capitalistic expansion, we are over-exceeding our planet’s resources. We’re stretched pretty thin and if we continue at the present rate we’ll soon be headed towards irreversible consequences as a result of unchecked growth on a finite planet.Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows, three imminent environmental leaders, foresaw the early signs of wear and tear on our planet. They come together in Limits to Growth to offer an analysis of present and future trends in resource use and assess a variety of possible outcomes. Citing climate change as the most tangible example of our current overshoot, the scientists now provide us with a plan to reduce our needs to meet the carrying capacity of the planet.In many ways, the message contained in Limits to Growth is a warning. Rampant resource exhaustion cannot be sustained without collapse. But as the authors are careful to point out, there is reason to believe that humanity can still reverse some of the damage to Earth if we reduce inefficiency and waste. Limits to Growth is a work of stunning intelligence that has exposed the critical line between human growth and human development.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2004-05-27
  • Mått: 210 x 20 x 160 mm
  • Vikt: 540 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
  • Antal sidor: 368
  • Förlag: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
  • ISBN: 9781931498586
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8 recensioner, genomsnitt 4.6/5

  1. 5/5 Cfglb

    Belyser problemen med framtida försörjning med tanke på t.ex. den galopperande befolkningsökningen. Passar bra i bokhyllan tillsammans med Thomas Malthus, Georg Borgström, Paul & Anne Ehrlich, Kjell Aleklett m.fl. dystopier.

  2. 4/5 Claes T

    Första upplagan kom 1972. I den kunde man läsa bl.a. följande:

    "If the present growth trends in world population, industrialization, pollution, food production, and resource depletion continue unchanged, the limits to growth on this planet will be reached sometime within the next 100 years."

    En kort sammanfattning (aptitretare) och uppdatering finns på http://www.clubofrome.org/flash/limits_to_growth.html

    I Smithsonian Magazine, våren 2012 (d.v.s. 40 år efteråt) visas mycket åskådligt hur mänskligheten (och således även miljön) följer grundscenariot ("Business-As-Usual") i boken.

    2009 publicerade Stockholm Resilience Centre en rapport om Planetary Boundaries: "According to the estimates of an international group of scientists, three of the nine crucial boundaries have already been overstepped."

    I år inträffade Earth Overshoot Day redan den 13 augusti - 6 dagar tidigare än 2014. Det som borde räckt i ett år har alltså konsumerats på mindre än åtta månader - knappast en långsiktigt hållbar strategi ...

    Full fart mot avgrunden, således. "Thelma & Louise" i global skala, s.a.s. Men kanske finns det fortfarande tid att handla - om viljan finns.

    Så läs gärna "Limits to Growth. The 30-Year Update" från 2004 för att se hur det slutar om vi inte tar oss samman med det snaraste. Och varför inte komplettera med Ugo Bardis "The Limits to Growth Revisited" från 2011 och/eller John Michael Greers "The Wealth of Nature. Economics as if Survival Mattered" från 2011!

  3. 5/5 Liselott
  4. 5/5 Simon K
  5. 5/5 Jakob L

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