Sustainable Development and the Limitation of Growth Future Prospect
It is over 15 years since Agenda 21 was adopted in Rio de Janeiro, and over 100 countries have now espoused this code to use sustainable development as a means of avoiding an ecological catastrophe. However it is obvious that, even with this commitment, t
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Victor I. Danilov-Danil’yan, Kim S. Losev, and Igor E. Reyf
Sustainable Development and the Limitation of Growth Future Prospects for World Civilization
Published in association with
Praxis Publishing Chichester, UK
Dr Victor I. Danilov-Danil’yan Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Director of the Water Institute at the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia Professor Dr Kim S. Losev Ecologist/Hydrologist All Russian Institute of Scientific & Technical Information of the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia Igor E. Reyf Journalist Frankfurt am Main Germany Translator: Associate Professor Vladimir Tumanov, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
SPRINGER–PRAXIS BOOKS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES SUBJECT ADVISORY EDITOR: John Mason B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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List of figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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List of tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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List of abbreviations and acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PART I
CIVILIZATION IN CRISIS: ON THE EDGE OF AN ABYSS . . . . . .
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Global ecological situation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Critically overpopulated planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The ecological equivalents of modern man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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