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Supply-Side Sustainability
Av Timothy F. H. Allen, Joseph A. Tainter m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
924 kr
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While environmentalists insist that lower rates of consumption of natural resources are essential for a sustainable future, many economists dismiss the notion that resource limits act to constrain modern, creative societies. The conflict between these views tinges political debate at all levels and …
Supply-Side Sustainability
Av Timothy F. H. Allen, Joseph A. Tainter m. fl.
E-bok, 2003
729 kr
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While environmentalists insist that lower rates of consumption of natural resources are essential for a sustainable future, many economists dismiss the notion that resource limits act to constrain modern, creative societies. The conflict between these views tinges political debate at all levels and …
Way the Wind Blows
Climate Change, History, and Human Action
Av Roderick J. McIntosh, Joseph A. Tainter m. fl.
E-bok, 2000
662 kr
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Scientists and policymakers are beginning to understand in ever-increasing detail that environmental problems cannot be understood solely through the biophysical sciences. Environmental issues are fundamentally human issues and must be set in the context of social, political, cultural, and economic …
Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest
Av Joseph A. Tainter, Bonnie Bagley Tainter
Inbunden, 2019
2525 kr
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This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture. It discusses the factors that made prehistoric Southwesterners vulnerable to an arid environment, and their strategies to lessen risk and stress.
Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest
E-bok, 2018
892 kr
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This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture. It discusses the factors that made prehistoric Southwesterners vulnerable to an arid environment, and their strategies to lessen risk and stress.
Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest
E-bok, 2018
892 kr
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This book explores how and why prehistoric Southwestern societies changed in complexity, and offers important new perspectives on evolution of culture. It discusses the factors that made prehistoric Southwesterners vulnerable to an arid environment, and their strategies to lessen risk and stress.
Drilling Down
The Gulf Oil Debacle and Our Energy Dilemma
Av Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek
Häftad, 2011
337 kr
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For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease about the simultaneous growth of complexity in …
Drilling Down
The Gulf Oil Debacle and Our Energy Dilemma
Av Tadeusz W. Patzek, Joseph A. Tainter
E-bok, 2011
442 kr
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For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease about the simultaneous growth of complexity in …
