02973oam 2200661I 450 991045288450332120200520144314.00-203-08401-21-283-87154-81-136-18889-410.4324/9780203084014 (CKB)2550000000709649(EBL)1097821(OCoLC)823388793(SSID)ssj0000831401(PQKBManifestationID)12407936(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000831401(PQKBWorkID)10873618(PQKB)10414246(MiAaPQ)EBC1097821(Au-PeEL)EBL1097821(CaPaEBR)ebr10635095(CaONFJC)MIL418404(OCoLC)822565757(EXLCZ)99255000000070964920180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe no-growth imperative creating sustainable communities under ecological limits to growth /Gabor ZovanyiLondon ;New York, N.Y. :Earthscan from Routledge,2013.1 online resource (249 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-63015-0 0-415-63014-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Requiem for the growth imperative -- The American community as a growth machine -- Rationales and strategies for stopping growth in America's communities -- The no-growth path to sustainability -- Envisioning no-growth communities -- Epilogue: ten difficult personal actions needed to save the world -- Notes -- Selected bibliography.More than two decades of mounting evidence confirms that the existing scale of the human enterprise has surpassed global ecological limits to growth. Based on such limits, The No-Growth Imperative discounts current efforts to maintain growth through eco-efficiency initiatives and smart-growth programs, and argues that growth is inherently unsustainable and that the true nature of the challenge confronting us now is one of replacing the current growth imperative with a no-growth imperative. Gabor Zovanyi asserts that anything less than stopping growth would merely slow today's Sustainable developmentUnited StatesEconomic developmentEnvironmental aspectsUnited StatesCommunitiesUnited StatesLand useUnited StatesPlanningElectronic books.Sustainable developmentEconomic developmentEnvironmental aspectsCommunitiesLand usePlanning.338.973/07Zovanyi Gabor1943-,959240MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452884503321The no-growth imperative2173388UNINA