LEADER 04323nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910816572503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-13199-4 010 $a9786613131997 010 $a0-7748-5462-6 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774854627 035 $a(CKB)2430000000000460 035 $a(OCoLC)180704210 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10136022 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000382207 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11230940 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382207 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10391719 035 $a(PQKB)10176818 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00327142 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404279 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412157 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141267 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL313199 035 $a(OCoLC)923442158 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/5n7f9j 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404279 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412157 035 $a(DE-B1597)661461 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774854627 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245737 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000000460 100 $a19970604d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLife in 2030 $eexploring a sustainable future in Canada /$fJohn B. Robinson ; with an introduction by Jon Tinker 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc1996 215 $a1 online resource (187 p.) 225 1 $aSustainability and the environment,$x1196-8575 300 $a"A project of the Sustainable Development Research Institute." 311 $a0-7748-0569-2 311 $a0-7748-0562-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tFigures -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tExploring a Sustainable Future for Canada -- $tThe Sustainable Society Project -- $tDefining a Sustainable Society -- $tDesign Criteria for a Sustainable Canadian Society -- $tLife in 2030: The Sustainability Scenario -- $tAchieving a Sustainable Society -- $tA Retrospective -- $tProject Participants and Papers -- $tThe Socio-Economic Resource Framework -- $tContributors -- $tIndex 330 $aLife in 2030 is a ground-breaking, practical, and, above all, positive vision of life in twenty-first-century Canada. As we move into the next century, the development of sustainable and environmentally benign patterns of resource utilization and socioeconomic development is an essential priority. In this book, John Robinson and his co-authors investigate the possibility and impacts of a sustainable future for Canada. Based on research initiated by the Sustainable Society Project in 1988, Life in 2030 is unique in that it uses backcasting instead of forecasting to trace the path of Canada forty years into the future to the year 2030. Instead of predicting the most likely future based on current trends, the authors set out a desirable future and discuss the changes that would need to occur between 1990 and 2030 to arrive at this future vision. This vision, derived from ethical, political, and ecological principles, is not viewed as definitive, for the authors hope to inspire others to conceive of, and work towards, their own visions of a sustainable future. Life in 2030 makes a significant contribution to interdisciplinary studies on the environment and sustainability because it develops a scenario that allows for an evaluation of the changes required to achieve a sustainable society. This book is required reading for anyone interested in a sustainable future environment. It also provides an original and provocative look at life in Canada in the twenty-first century. 410 0$aSustainability and the environment, 606 $aSustainable development$zCanada 606 $aNatural resources$xGovernment policy$zCanada 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zCanada 615 0$aSustainable development 615 0$aNatural resources$xGovernment policy 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 676 $a333.7/0971/0905 700 $aRobinson$b John B$0148892 712 02$aSustainable Development Research Institute. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816572503321 996 $aLife in 2030$94197254 997 $aUNINA