1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990000968080403321

Autore

Brink, David Maurice <1930- >

Titolo

Nuclear Forces / D.M. Brink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [etc.] : Pergamon Press, 1965

Collana

Selected Readings in Physics ; 354

Disciplina

539.74539.752

Locazione

FI1

Collocazione

34AI-074.001

34AI-074

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910300635003321

Autore

Lintsen Harry

Titolo

Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development [[electronic resource] ] : The Netherlands 1850–2050 / / by Harry Lintsen, Frank Veraart, Jan-Pieter Smits, John Grin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-76696-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXII, 572 p. 86 illus., 59 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

113

Soggetti

Philosophy of nature

Economic development—Environmental aspects

Conservation biology

Ecology 

Geoecology

Environmental geology

Ethics

Social history

Philosophy of Nature

Development and Sustainability

Conservation Biology/Ecology

Geoecology/Natural Processes



Moral Philosophy

Social History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Appreciations -- 3. The Dutch Case -- 4. Method and Theory -- 5. The Big Picture  -- 6. Residual Issues -- 7. Suggestions for future research.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book examines more than two centuries of societal development using novel historical and statistical approaches. It applies the well-being monitor developed by Statistics Netherlands that has been endorsed by a significant part of the international, statistical community. It features The Netherlands as a case study, which is an especially interesting example; although it was one of the world’s richest countries around 1850, extreme poverty and inequality were significant problems of well-being at the time. Monitors of 1850, 1910, 1970 and 2015 depict the changes in three dimensions of well-being: the quality of life 'here and now', 'later' and 'elsewhere'. The analysis of two centuries shows the solutions to the extreme poverty problem and the appearance of new sustainability problems, especially in domestic and foreign ecological systems. The study also reveals the importance of natural capital: soil, air, water and subsoil resources, showing their relation with the social structure of the ‘here and now´. Treatment and trade of natural resources also impacted on the quality of life ‘later’ and ‘elsewhere.’ Further, the book illustrates the role of natural capital by dividing the capital into three types of raw materials and concomitant material flows: bio-raw materials, mineral and fossil subsoil resources. Additionally, the analysis of the institutional context identifies the key roles of social groups in well-being development. The book ends with an assessment of the solutions and barriers offered by the historical anchoring of the well-being and sustainability issues. This unique analysis of well-being and sustainability and its institutional analysis appeals to historians, statisticians and policy makers.