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Sustainability science / Bert J. M. de Vries.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 590 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521184700
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.927072 VR.S 2013 23
LOC classification:
  • HC79.E5 V735 2013
Contents:
Introduction -- The systems dynamics perspective -- In search of sustainability : past civilizations -- The world in the past 300 years : the great acceleration -- Sustainability: concerns and definitions -- Quality of life : on values, knowledge and worldviews -- Energy fundamentals -- On knowledge and models -- Ecosystems -- Human populations and human behaviour -- Agro-food systems -- Renewable resources : water, fish and forest -- Non-renewable resources : the industrial economy -- Towards a sustainable economy -- Outlook on the futures -- Glossary -- References.
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Books Books The Knowledge Hub Library Environmental engineering 338.927072 VR.S 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 212113

Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-583) and index.

Introduction -- The systems dynamics perspective -- In search of sustainability : past civilizations -- The world in the past 300 years : the great acceleration -- Sustainability: concerns and definitions -- Quality of life : on values, knowledge and worldviews -- Energy fundamentals -- On knowledge and models -- Ecosystems -- Human populations and human behaviour -- Agro-food systems -- Renewable resources : water, fish and forest -- Non-renewable resources : the industrial economy -- Towards a sustainable economy -- Outlook on the futures -- Glossary -- References.

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