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Searle D. Richard (Donald Richard), <1951-> |
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Titolo |
Population growth, resource consumption and the environment : seeking a common vision for a troubled world / / prepared by Rick Searle |
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Victoria, B.C., : Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, c1995 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (136 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SearleD. Richard <1951-> (Donald Richard) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Population policy - Moral and ethical aspects |
Environmental policy - Moral and ethical aspects |
Environmental protection - Religious aspects |
Conservation of natural resources - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Based on the 1993 International Summer Institute, Population and the environment: population pressures, resource consumption, religion and ethics, Chateau Whistler, Whistler, B.C., Canada, 18-27, 1993". |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Overview -- SECTION I: THE PLANETARY CRISIS -- The Human Context -- The Natural Background -- SECTION II: RELIGIOUS ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Aboriginal Spirituality -- The Environmental Crisis and Jewish Earthways -- Chosen Persons and the Green Ecumenacy: A Possible Christian Response to the Population Apocalypse -- Islam and the Environment -- Population Pressure, Natural Resources, the Environment, and Hinduism -- Buddhist Resources for Issues of Population and Consumption in Relationship with the Environment -- Chinese Religions -- SECTION III: SECULAR ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Prescriptions from Religious and Secular Ethics for Breaking the Impoverishment/Environmental Degradation Cycle -- Ethics, Family Planning, the Status of Women, and The Environment -- Projected Population Patterns, North-South Relations, and the Environment -- SECTION IV: ECONOMIC, LEGAL, AND DEEP ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Environmental Degradation and the Religion of the Market -- International Law, Population Pressure, and the Environment: North- |
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South Relations -- The Northern Consumption Issue After Rio and the Role of Religion in Environmentalism -- SECTION V: RESPONSES FROM BUSINESS, RELIGION, AND GOVERNMENTS -- Possible Response Options for Corporations -- Possible Response Options for Religions -- Possible Response Options for Governments -- SECTION VI: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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No detailed description available for "Population Growth, Resource Consumption, and the Environment". |
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