From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security Exploring New Limits to GrowthAcademic Foundation, 2008 - 280 pages |
Contents
From Limits to Growth to Ecological Security | 1 |
The Future Is Not What It Used to Be World Population Trends | 21 |
Reflections on an Aging Global Population | 39 |
Global Water Prospects | 59 |
Food Policy Underfed or Overfed? | 83 |
Energy Security and Cooperation over the Next Quarter Century | 105 |
RenewableEnergy Technologies | 127 |
Future Socioeconomic and Political Challenges of Global Climate Change | 145 |
Other editions - View all
From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security: Exploring New Limits to Growth Dennis Pirages,Ken Cousins No preview available - 2005 |
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