Victor I Danilov-Danil'yan

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Sustainable Development and the Limitation of Growth: Future Prospects for World CivilizationPaperback, 30 November 2010

Sustainable Development and the Limitation of Growth: Future Prospects for World Civilization
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Springer Praxis Books / Environmental Sciences
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Springer Praxis Books
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Environmental Sciences
Print Length
262 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
30 Nov 2010
ISBN-10
3642094511
ISBN-13
9783642094514

Description

2007 marked the 20th anniversary of the G.H.Brundtland Commission report that broke new ground by addressing the issue of sustainable development as a means of avoiding an ecological catastrophe. This led to a multitude of political declarations, documents and scientific articles while Agenda 21 - adopted in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro - has been accepted by the governments of more than 100 countries. Sadly, however, this has not prevented certain recent dangerous trends, nor have the wider public, journalists, business circles or politicians grasped the urgency of the problem. It is therefore important to make humanity understand its real place in the natural environment and the gravity of the ecological threat before us.

The exclusive role of natural ecosystems is a key factor in the maintenance of the biospheric equilibrium. The current global crisis is largely caused by their dramatic decline by 43% in the past hundred years. Ignoring the immutable laws and limitations which determine the existence of all living things in the biosphere could lead humanity to an ecological catastrophe. This book presents the ecological, demographic, economic and socio-psychological manifestations of the global crisis and outlines the immutable laws and limitations which determine the existence of all living things in the biosphere.

The authors are eminently qualified to write about the problems associated with the global crisis and consider the causes behind humanity's conflict with its environment. V. Danilov-Danilian, Associate of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russia's former Minister of the Environment, and K. Losev, professor at Moscow State university, are leading Russian ecologists and I. Reyf is a journalist who specializes in ecology and global development. Dr. Danilov-Danilian works on the economics of nature management, economic and mathematical model building, sustainable development theory and ecology. Dr Losev is the chief researcher and head of the division of the VINITI. All the authors have published numerous papers, articles and books on such subjects as glaciology, hydrology, environment studies, global change and sustainable development.

Product Details

Authors:
Victor I Danilov-Danil'yanK S LosevIgor E Reyf
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
30 November 2010
Dimensions:
24.41 x 16.99 x 1.52 cm
ISBN-10:
3642094511
ISBN-13:
9783642094514
Language:
English
Location:
Berlin, Heidelberg
Pages:
262
Publisher:
Weight:
453.59 gm

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