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Sustainability science / Bert J.M. de Vries.

By: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, �2013Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 590 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • zonder medium
Carrier type:
  • band
ISBN:
  • 9781107005884 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1107005884 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780521184700 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0521184703 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab HC79 .E5 .V735 2013 1 Available 50583020005108
Total holds: 0

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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