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1 online resource (345 pages) |
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Contents |
Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1: The Approaching Summit; 1: Introduction to the Way Down; 2: The Present Condition; 3: Intellectual Views of the Future; Part 2: System Principles; 4: The Ways of Energy and Materials in all Systems; 5: Pulsing and the Growth Cycle; 6: Real Weath and the Economy; 7: Spatial Organization; 8: Population and Wealth; Part 3: Poliices for Transition and Descent; 9: The Golbal Network; 10: Energy Sources; 11: Sustaining a Nation; 12: Sustaining People; 13: Starting Down; 14: Reorganizating Cities; 15: Restoring Waters. |
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16: Refreshing the Landscape17: Transmitting Knowledge; 18: Preparing People; 19: Summary for Action; Notes; References Cited; Index. |
Summary |
A Prosperous Way Down, the last book by Howard T. and Elisabeth C. Odum, has shaped politics and planning as nations, states, and localities begin the search for ways to adapt to a future with vastly increased competition for energy. It considers ways in which a future with less fossil fuel could be peaceful and prosperous. Although history records the collapse of countless civilizations, some societies and ecosystems have managed to descend in orderly stages, reducing demands and selecting and saving what is most important. The authors make recommendations for a more equitable and cooperati. |
Local Note |
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Subject |
Power resources.
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Power resources. |
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Economics.
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Economics. |
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Environmental policy.
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Environmental policy. |
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Human ecology.
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Human ecology. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Odum, Elisabeth.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Odum, Howard. A Prosperous Way Down. Sebastopol : University Press of Colorado, ©2011 |
ISBN |
9781457110900 (electronic book) |
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1457110903 (electronic book) |
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1457110903 |
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