LEADER 03929oam 2200793I 450 001 9910450649503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-55510-2 010 $a1-136-55511-0 010 $a1-280-47605-2 010 $a9786610476053 010 $a1-84977-285-1 010 $a600-00-0012-X 010 $a1-4175-4255-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781849772853 035 $a(CKB)1000000000242764 035 $a(EBL)430137 035 $a(OCoLC)613371728 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000095558 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11116831 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000095558 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10062760 035 $a(PQKB)10367977 035 $a(OCoLC)647501856 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430137 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781844070183 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430137 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10128879 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47605 035 $a(OCoLC)56605700 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000242764 100 $a20180706d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe 2030 spike $ecountdown to global catastrophe /$folin Mason 205 $a2nd ed. 210 1$aSterling, Va. :$cEarthscan Publications,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aReprinted 2004. 311 $a1-138-38409-7 311 $a1-84407-018-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [230]-243) and index. 327 $aTHE 2030 SPIKE COUNTDOWN TO GLOBAL CATASTROPHE; Copyright; CONTENTS; About the Author; PART ONE: CRISIS MODE; Chapter 1 The Drivers; Chapter 2 Running Out Of Fuel: The Coming Energy Crunch; Chapter 3 Population And Poverty; Chapter 4 Climate: Too Hot Or Too Cold?; Chapter 5 Famines: Food And Water; Chapter 6 One World?; Chapter 7 The Fourth Horseman; PART TWO: DIRECTIONS; Chapter 8 Which Way Science?; Chapter 9 In The Genes: New Plants - And People?; Chapter 10 The Values Of The Sea; Chapter 11 Multinationals: Good Business Or Bad?; Chapter 12 The Trouble With Money 327 $aPART THREE: UPGRADING THE INDIVIDUALChapter 13 The Pursuit Of Happiness; Chapter 14 Love, Family And Freedom; Chapter 15 Habitat: The Dilemma Of The Cities; Chapter 16 Making Education Work; Chapter 17 Health And Wealth; Chapter 18 Religion: The Cement Of Society?; PART FOUR: THE NEW SOCIETY?; Chapter 19 The Mechanics Of Change; Chapter 20 Automation And Employment; Chapter 21 Travelling Less?; Chapter 22 Working Online; Chapter 23 The Information Overload; Chapter 24 The Toxic Culture; Chapter 25 Running The Show; Chapter 26 Conclusion: World To Come; Notes; Index 330 $aThe clock is relentlessly ticking!Our world teeters on a knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the light of civilization. Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash course with potentially catastr 606 $aTwenty-first century$vForecasts 606 $aEnvironmental policy 606 $aNatural resources 606 $aSocial prediction 606 $aCatastrophical, The 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTwenty-first century 615 0$aEnvironmental policy. 615 0$aNatural resources. 615 0$aSocial prediction. 615 0$aCatastrophical, The. 676 $a303.49 676 $a363.7 700 $aMason$b Colin$f1926-,$0939643 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450649503321 996 $aThe 2030 spike$92118343 997 $aUNINA