Sustainability science : an introduction / Bert J. M. de Vries.

By:

Vries, Bert J.M. de

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, c2012.Description: xix, 396 p. : ill. ; maps ; 30 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780521184700 (pbk.)
9781107005884 (hbk.)

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DDC classification:

338.927072 23 000506

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Table of contents

Contents:

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	338.927072 VRE 011837 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011837
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	338.927072 VRI 001527 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		001527
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	338.927072 VRI 000506 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Spiral Book	000506

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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