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 - 1853831301 (hardback) AV - HD75.6 .M43 1992 U1 - 338.9 20 PY - 1992/// CY - London PB - Earthscan Publications KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects KW - Population KW - Economic aspects KW - Pollution N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://repository.fue.edu.eg/xmlui/handle/123456789/2562 ER -