0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > History > World history

Buy Now

Social Sustainability, Past and Future - Undoing Unintended Consequences for the Earth's Survival (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,647
Discovery Miles 26 470
Social Sustainability, Past and Future - Undoing Unintended Consequences for the Earth's Survival (Hardcover): Sander van...

Social Sustainability, Past and Future - Undoing Unintended Consequences for the Earth's Survival (Hardcover)

Sander van der Leeuw

Series: New Directions in Sustainability and Society

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R2,647 Discovery Miles 26 470 | Repayment Terms: R248 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

In this book, Sander Van der Leeuw examines how the modern world has been caught in a socio-economic dynamic that has generated the conundrum of sustainability. Combining the methods of social science and complex systems science, he explores how western, developed nations have globalized their world view and how that view has led to the sustainability challenges we are now facing. Its central theme is the co-evolution of cognition, demography, social organization, technology and environmental impact. Beginning with the earliest human societies, Van der Leeuw links the distant past with the present in order to demonstrate how the information and communications technology revolution is undermining many of the institutional pillars on which contemporary societies have been constructed. An original view of social evolution as the history of human information-processing, his book shows how the past offers insight into the present, and can help us deal with the future. This title is also available as Open Access.

General

Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: New Directions in Sustainability and Society
Release date: February 2020
Authors: Sander van der Leeuw
Dimensions: 250 x 215 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 978-1-108-49869-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeological theory
Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Environmental archaeology
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmentalist thought & ideology
Books > Humanities > History > World history > General
Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > Prehistoric archaeology
Books > History > World history > General
Promotions
LSN: 1-108-49869-8
Barcode: 9781108498692

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Black And White Bioscope - Making Movies…
Neil Parsons Hardcover R339 Discovery Miles 3 390
Crossroads - I Live Where I Like
Koni Benson Paperback R344 Discovery Miles 3 440
The Death Of Democracy - Hitler's Rise…
Benjamin Carter Hett Paperback  (1)
R333 R302 Discovery Miles 3 020
Ratels Aan Die Lomba - Die Storie Van…
Leopold Scholtz Paperback  (4)
R295 R264 Discovery Miles 2 640
The Diamond Queen - Elizabeth II: The…
Andrew Marr Paperback R285 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580
SAS: Rogue Heroes - The Authorized…
Ben MacIntyre Paperback  (1)
R313 R287 Discovery Miles 2 870
A Promised Land
Barack Obama Hardcover  (6)
R1,372 Discovery Miles 13 720
Becoming
Michelle Obama Hardcover  (6)
R776 R668 Discovery Miles 6 680
Mountains Of Spirit - The Story Of The…
Freddy Khunou Paperback  (1)
R588 Discovery Miles 5 880
Little Bird Of Auschwitz - How My Mother…
Alina Peretti, Jacques Peretti Paperback R462 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210
Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris Paperback  (4)
R449 R414 Discovery Miles 4 140
Becoming
Michelle Obama CD  (1)
R579 R479 Discovery Miles 4 790

See more

Partners