Flourishing Within Limits to Growth - Following nature's way (Paperback)

Decades of research and discussion have shown that the human population growth and our increased consumption of natural resources cannot continue - there are limits to growth. This volume demonstrates how we might modify and revise our economic systems using nature as a model. The book describes how nature uses three growth forms: biomass, information, and networks, resulting in improved overall ecosystem functioning and co-development. As biomass growth is limited by available resources, nature uses the two other growth forms to achieve higher resource use efficiency. Through a universal application of the three 'R's: reduce, reuse, and recycle, nature thus shows us a way forward towards better solutions. However, our current approach, dominated by short-term economic thinking, inhibits full utilization of the three 'R's and other successful approaches from nature. Building on ecological principles, the authors present a global model and futures scenario analyses which show that implementation of the proposed changes will lead to a win-win situation. In other words, we can learn from nature how to develop a society that can flourish within the limits to growth with better conditions for prosperity and well-being.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Sven Erik Jorgensen • Brian D. Fath • Soren Nors Nielsen • Federico M. Pulselli • Daniel A. Fiscus • Simone Bastianoni
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-84253-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General
LSN:	1-138-84253-2
Barcode:	9781138842533

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