Sustainability science

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Textbook surveys key issues of sustainability - energy, nature, agro-food, resources, economics - for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses.

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Title Statements

Full title :Sustainability science / Bert J.M. de Vries.

Summary

Textbook surveys key issues of sustainability - energy, nature, agro-food, resources, economics - for advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvii, 590 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations, maps (some color)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1139844695, 9781139844697, 9781139839952, 1139839950, 9780511794469, 0511794460, 1139853775, 9781139853774, 1139842331, 9781139842334, 1139841149, 9781139841146
oclc:ocn824733541
LC Classification:HC79.E5
Dewey Decimal:338.9/27072

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.

Subjects

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Environmental E… cultuur Développement durable -- Recherche Duurzaamheid (algemeen) duurzame energie duurzame landbouw Kwaliteit van het bestaan Milieueconomie Sustainable development -- Research Systeemdynamica