| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xii, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Change the world
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Ervin Laszlo -- Introduction : Sensible way to think and act / Peter Seidel -- Survival research : a new discipline needed now / Peter Seidel -- On human survival : reflections on survival research and survival policies / John H. Herz -- World population, food, natural resources, and survival / David Pimentel & Marcia Pimentel -- Survival from the brain's perspective / Walter Lowen -- Biology is destiny only if we ignore it / Jerome H. Barkow -- Belief and survival / James E. Alcock -- Social psychology of sustainability / David G. Myers -- Need for a planetary ethic / Ervin Laszlo -- Rational sustainability / Joseph A. Tainter -- Seeing the whole picture / Richard B. Norgaard & Paul Baer -- What can the systems community contribute to ensure the survival of civilization? / Kenneth E. F. Watt -- Economics weak and strong : ecological economics and human survival / Andy Bahn & John Gowdy -- Historical perspectives on global ecology / J. R. McNeill -- Governance barriers to sustainability / Richard D. Lamm -- Sustainability and governmental foresight / Lindsey Grant -- Educating world leaders / Christopher Williams -- A primer of civilization / James Lovelock with Peter Seidel. |
| Subject |
Sustainable development.
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Globalization.
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| Added Author |
Laszlo, Ervin, 1932-
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Seidel, Peter, 1926-
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| ISBN |
1590791045 (hardbound : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9781590791042 (hardcover) 52495 |
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