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Titel och upphov The post carbon reader : making sense of the 21st century's sustainability crises
Utgivning, distribution etc. Watershed Media ; UPCCP [distributor], Healdsburg, Calif. : Chichester : 2010.
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This diverse collection by best-selling authors, renowned scientists, and experienced activists is an engaging and practical book that will be of interest to the lay reader as well as university students in both graduate and undergraduate courses.
Foreword p. xiii Preface p. xix Acknowledgments p. xxv Foundation Concepts Beyond the Limits to Growth p. 3 What Is Sustainability? p. 13 Defining Social Sustainability p. 21 Thinking "Resilience" p. 25 Climate A New World p. 43 The International Response to Climate Change p. 53 Cap and Dividend in the United States p. 60 The Ecological Deficit: Creating a New Political Framework p. 63 Water Water: Adapting to a New Normal p. 77 Biodiversity Food Getting Fossil Fuels Off the Plate p. 119 Tackling the Oldest Environmental Problem: Agriculture and Its Impact on Soil p. 128 Growing Community Food Systems p. 140 Population Population: The Multiplier of Everything Else p. 153 Culture and Behavior Dangerously Addictive: Why we Are Biologically I11-Suited to the Riches of Modern America p. 177 Remapping Relationships: Humans in Nature p. 184 The Human Nature of Unsustainability p. 194 Energy Making Sense of Peak Oil and Energy Uncertainty p. 207 Hydrocarbons in North America p. 211 Nine Challenges of Alternative Energy p. 229 Peak Oil and the Great Recession p. 247 Economy Ecological Economics p. 259 Money and Energy p. 279 The Competitiveness of Local Living Economies p. 283 Cities, Towns, and Suburbs The Death of Sprawl: Designing Urban Resilience for the Twenty-First-Century Resource and Climate Crises p. 295 Smart Decline in Post-Carbon Cities: The Buffalo Commons Meets Buffalo, New York p. 314 Toward Zero-Carbon Buildings p. 322 Local Government in a Time of Peak Oil and Climate Change p. 335 Transportation Transportation in the Post-Carbon World p. 347 Waste Climate Change, Peak Oil, and the End of Waste p. 363 Health Human Health and Well-Being in an Era of Energy Scarcity and Climate Change p. 385 Climate Change and Dengue Fever p. 397 Education Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability p. 409 Community Colleges: A Vital Resource for Education in the Post-Carbon Era p. 419 Building Resilience Personal Preparation p. 429 What Can Communities Do? p. 442 Call to Action What Now? The Path Forward Begins with One Step p. 455 Notes p. 459 Index p. 499