1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000961940403321

Autore

Birkhoff, George David <1884-1944>

Titolo

Dynamical systems / by George D. Birkhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Providence : American Mathematical Society, 1966

ISBN

0-8218-1009-X

Edizione

[Revised edition]

Descrizione fisica

XII, 305 p. : ill. ; 29 cm

Collana

Colloquium publications / American mathematical society ; 9

Disciplina

531

515.352

Locazione

FI1

DINCH

DINEL

MA1

Collocazione

24-035

04 014-46

10 D III 332

121-I-14

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828929903321

Autore

Kanninen Tapio

Titolo

Crisis of global sustainability / / Tapio Kanninen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-09738-0

1-283-92404-8

0-203-07186-7

1-135-09739-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 178 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Routledge global institutions series ; ; 74

Classificazione

POL000000POL010000POL011000

Disciplina

338.9/27

Soggetti

Sustainable development - Government policy

Sustainable development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Crisis of Global Sustainability; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The birth and evolution of the Club of Rome: Earlyidentification of a global crisis; 2. A new way of thinking: The MIT study The Limits to Growth; 3. How have the concepts and doctrines of sustainability changed?; 4. Intergovernmental action 1972-2012: From Stockholm toRio plus 20; 5. Planetary boundaries: Doomsday prophecies or scientificprojections?; 6. A crisis of institutions: How to manage our interconnectedfuture

7. Overcoming the crisis of mind and action: Creating newinstitutions and strategies for a global emergency8. The future: Thinking big about global institutions andworld governance; 9. Epilogue: What should be done?; Notes; Select bibliography; Index; Routledge Global Institutions Series

Sommario/riassunto

"The book provides a critical history of the concept of sustainability and the various institutional measures taken to promote, implement and enforce sustainable development"--