Meadows, Donella and Randers, Jorgen and Meadows, Dennis (2004) Limits to growth: The 30 year update. Earthscan, London. ISBN 978-1-84407-144-9
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This is a wonderful book, Originally published in 1972 as Limits to Growth and refreshed in 1992 in Beyond the Limits, the authors have now issued a 30-year appraisal [Chelsea Green Publishing, ISBN 1-931498-58-X], in which they examine the progress made both in their understanding of the mechanisms underlying the impact of humanity on the world ecology and of steps taken toward remediating the accelerating approach to trainwreck that is mankind's ill-managed and uncontrolled 'footprint' on this planet's environment. Briefly, humanity has overshot the limits of what is physically and biologically sustainable. That overshoot WILL lead to the collapse of the planetary environment's ability to support not only our species but much of the rest of the biosphere if we do not act rapidly and effectively to reduce our footprint. These conclusions provide reasons for both optimism and alarm: optimism because humanity has demonstrated its capacity to act appropriately in one specific instance; and alarm because thirty years have been largely wasted since the consequences of our failing to act were detailed. There is still time but the need to act quickly and effectively is urgent.
| Item Type: | Books |
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| Class Number: | 500.LIM002 |
| Keywords: | Human Development, Sustainable Development, Economy, Food Security, Population, Consumers, Human Development, Ecological Effects, Ecosystem, Agriculture, Natural Resources Management , Water, Forests, Energy, Pollution, Climate Change, Technology |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Chitti Babu ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2022 07:14 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2022 07:14 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/4776 |
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