Economic growth and sustainability : systems thinking for a complex world /
How to sustain our world for future generations has perplexed us for centuries. We have reached a crossroads: we may choose the rocky path of responsibility or continue on the paved road of excess that promises hardship for our progeny. Independent efforts to resolve isolated issues are inadequate....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Amsterdam [Netherlands] :
Academic Press,
2015.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | How to sustain our world for future generations has perplexed us for centuries. We have reached a crossroads: we may choose the rocky path of responsibility or continue on the paved road of excess that promises hardship for our progeny. Independent efforts to resolve isolated issues are inadequate. Different from these efforts and from other books on the topic, this book uses systems thinking to understand the dominant forces that are shaping our hope for sustainability. It first describes a mental model - the bubble that holds our beliefs - that emerges from preponderant world views and expl. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780128031087 0128031085 |