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The 2030 spike : countdown to global catastrophe / / olin Mason



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Autore: Mason Colin <1926-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: The 2030 spike : countdown to global catastrophe / / olin Mason Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Sterling, Va. : , : Earthscan Publications, , 2003
Edizione: 2nd ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
Disciplina: 303.49
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Soggetto topico: Twenty-first century
Environmental policy
Natural resources
Social prediction
Catastrophical, The
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Reprinted 2004.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-243) and index.
Nota di contenuto: THE 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
PART 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
Sommario/riassunto: The 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
Titolo autorizzato: The 2030 spike  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-55510-2
1-136-55511-0
1-280-47605-2
9786610476053
1-84977-285-1
600-00-0012-X
1-4175-4255-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450649503321
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