Beyond the limits : confronting global collapse, envisioning a sustainable future /
Meadows, Donella H.
Beyond the limits : confronting global collapse, envisioning a sustainable future / Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers. - London : Earthscan Publications, 1992. - xix, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overshoot --
The driving force: exponential growth --
The limits: sources and sinks --
The dynamics of growth in a finite world --
Back from beyond the limits: the ozone story --
Technology, markets, and overshoot --
Transitions to a sustainable system --
Overshoot but not collapse.
An examination of the Earth's capacity to absorb growth, which uses systems dynamics to project the future and demonstrate that a sustainable society is technically and economically feasible. The authors stress the need for an increase in the efficiency of materials and energy usage.
1853831301 (hardback) 185383131x (paperback)
91046920
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Population--Economic aspects.
Pollution--Economic aspects.
HD75.6 / .M43 1992
338.9 / M.D.B
Beyond the limits : confronting global collapse, envisioning a sustainable future / Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers. - London : Earthscan Publications, 1992. - xix, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overshoot --
The driving force: exponential growth --
The limits: sources and sinks --
The dynamics of growth in a finite world --
Back from beyond the limits: the ozone story --
Technology, markets, and overshoot --
Transitions to a sustainable system --
Overshoot but not collapse.
An examination of the Earth's capacity to absorb growth, which uses systems dynamics to project the future and demonstrate that a sustainable society is technically and economically feasible. The authors stress the need for an increase in the efficiency of materials and energy usage.
1853831301 (hardback) 185383131x (paperback)
91046920
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Population--Economic aspects.
Pollution--Economic aspects.
HD75.6 / .M43 1992
338.9 / M.D.B