LEADER 03005oam 2200673I 450 001 9910827126103321 005 20240131142953.0 010 $a1-136-18888-6 010 $a0-203-08401-2 010 $a1-283-87154-8 010 $a1-136-18889-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203084014 035 $a(CKB)2550000000709649 035 $a(EBL)1097821 035 $a(OCoLC)823388793 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000831401 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12407936 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000831401 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10873618 035 $a(PQKB)10414246 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1097821 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1097821 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10635095 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL418404 035 $a(OCoLC)822565757 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134206 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000709649 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe no-growth imperative $ecreating sustainable communities under ecological limits to growth /$fGabor Zovanyi 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York, N.Y. :$cEarthscan from Routledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-63015-0 311 $a0-415-63014-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- 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. 330 $aMore 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 606 $aSustainable development$zUnited States 606 $aEconomic development$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 606 $aCommunities$zUnited States 606 $aLand use$zUnited States$xPlanning 615 0$aSustainable development 615 0$aEconomic development$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aCommunities 615 0$aLand use$xPlanning. 676 $a338.973/07 700 $aZovanyi$b Gabor$f1943-,$01626174 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827126103321 996 $aThe no-growth imperative$93962059 997 $aUNINA