TY - BOOK AU - Meadows,Donella H. AU - Meadows,Dennis L. AU - Randers,Jørgen TI - Beyond the limits: confronting global collapse, envisioning a sustainable future SN - 0930031555 : AV - HD75.6 .M43 1992 U1 - 338.9 20 PY - 1992/// CY - Post Mills, Vt. PB - Chelsea Green Pub. Co. KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects KW - Population KW - Economic aspects KW - Pollution KW - Sustainable development N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) 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 N2 - "Beyond the Limits Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning a Sustainable Future is the path-breaking sequel to The Limits to Growth, the international best-seller which sold 9 million copies in 29 languages when it was published 20 years ago. At that time the authors concluded that if the present trends of growth continued unchanged, the limits to physical growth on the planet would be reached in the next 100 UR - http://repository.fue.edu.eg/xmlui/handle/123456789/2562 ER -