| Description |
1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations |
|
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. It's the numbers, stupid! -- 2. The environmental implications of population growth -- 3. Whither wildlife in an overpopulated world? -- 4. The outlook for population growth in Australia -- 5. What population growth will do to Australia's society and economy -- 6. Ageing paranoia, its fictional basis and all too real costs -- 7. The propaganda campaign against peaking fossil fuel production -- 8. The coming radical change in mining practice -- 9. Coal : nails in the global coffin -- 10. Save the soil to save the planet -- 11. Food, land and water: lessons from the Murray-Darling basin -- 12. Balancing water use for food and the environment: looking to the north based on lessons from the south -- 13. Human health: bottom-line integrator of impacts of the population, resources and climate change -- 14. Climate change -- beyond dangerous: emergency action and integrated solutions -- 15. Theology confronts global warming and population -- 16. Denial as a key obstacle to solving the environmental crisis -- 17. Why can't we win on population? -- 18. Thinking at species level -- 19. Nor lose the name of Action! -- 20. Reflections on the Fenner conference. |
| Summary |
Sustainable Futures explores the links between population growth, diminishing resources and environmental challenges, and the implications for Australia's future. Written by leaders in their field, and based on presentations from the 2013 Fenner Conference on 'Population, Resources and Climate Change', this book is a timely insight into the intertwined challenges that we currently face, and what can be done to ensure a sustainable and viable future. The book identifies the major areas of concern for Australia's future, including environmental, social and economic implications of population growth; mineral and natural resources; food, land and water issues; climate change; and the obstacles and opportunities for action. Accessible, informative and authoritative, Sustainable Futures will be of interest to policy makers, students and professionals in the fields of sustainability and population growth. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainable development -- Australia.
|
|
Sustainable development. |
|
Australia. |
|
Natural resources -- Australia.
|
|
Natural resources. |
|
Environmental policy -- Australia.
|
|
Environmental policy. |
|
Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.
|
|
Economic development -- Environmental aspects. |
|
Australia -- Population -- Environmental aspects.
|
|
Population. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Author |
Goldie, Jenny, author.
|
|
Betts, Katharine, 1945- editor.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781486301898 (DLC) 2015375047 (OCoLC)876846222 |
| ISBN |
9781486301904 (electronic book) |
|
1486301908 (electronic book) |
|
9781486301911 |
|
1486301916 |
|
