03158nam 2200517 a 450 991082617500332120200520144314.00-309-17262-40-309-51411-8(CKB)110986584752878(EBL)3375911(MiAaPQ)EBC3375911(Au-PeEL)EBL3375911(CaPaEBR)ebr10051580(OCoLC)923259807(NjHacI)99110986584752878(EXLCZ)9911098658475287819991028d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOur common journey[electronic resource] a transition toward sustainability /Board on Sustainable Development, Policy Division, National Research CouncilWashington, D.C. National Academy Pressc19991 online resource (380 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-309-08638-8 0-309-06783-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Our Common Journey""; ""2 Trends and Transitions""; ""3 Exploring the Future""; ""4 Environmental Threats and Opportunities""; ""5 Reporting on the Transition""; ""6 Integrating Knowledge and Action""; ""APPENDIX A Biographical Information on Board Members and Staff""; ""APPENDIX B Acronyms""; ""Index"""World human population is expected to reach upwards of 9 billion by 2050 and then level off over the next half-century. How can the transition to a stabilizing population also be a transition to sustainability? How can science and technology help ensure that human needs are met while the planet's environment is nurtured and restored?" "Our Common Journey examines these momentous questions to draw strategic connections between scientific research, technological development, and societies' efforts to achieve environmentally sustainable improvements in human well-being. The book argues that societies should approach sustainable development not as a destination but as an ongoing, adaptive learning process. Speaking to the next two generations, it proposes a strategy for using scientific and technical knowledge to better inform future action in the areas of fertility reduction, urban systems, agricultural production, energy and materials use, ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation, and suggests an approach for building a new research agenda for sustainability science."--Jacket.Sustainable developmentEconomic developmentEnvironmental aspectsPopulationEconomic aspectsSustainable development.Economic developmentEnvironmental aspects.PopulationEconomic aspects.338.9/27MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826175003321Our common journey4016844UNINA