Land and resource scarcity : capitalism, struggle and well-being in a world without fossil fuels / / edited by Andreas Exner. [et al.]
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| Titolo: |
Land and resource scarcity : capitalism, struggle and well-being in a world without fossil fuels / / edited by Andreas Exner. [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.8/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Power resources |
| Fossil fuels | |
| Renewable energy sources | |
| Resource allocation | |
| Land supply | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
ExnerAndreas <1973->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Land and Resource Scarcity; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on the authors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Exiting the multiple crises through 'green' growth?; 2 The end of the black epoch: fossil fuel peaks; 3 The stuff of the green revolution: nitrogen, potassium and phosphate; 4 Mining between comeback and dead end; 5 Land and the centrality of biomass; 6 The new land grab at the frontiers of the fossil energy regime; 7 Possible futures among dictatorship, chaos, and living well |
| 8 De-growth solidarity: the great socio-ecological transformation of the twenty-first century9 A strategy of double power: the state and global regulation; References; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book brings together geological, biological, radical economic, technological, historical and social perspectives on peak oil and other scarce resources. The contributors to this volume argue that these scarcities will put an end to the capitalist system as we know it and alternatives must be created. The book combines natural science with emancipatory thinking, focusing on bottom up alternatives and social struggles to change the world by taking action. The volume introduces original contributions to the debates on peak oil, land grabbing and social alternatives, thus creating a synthe |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Land and resource scarcity |
| ISBN: | 0-203-09756-4 |
| 1-299-27948-1 | |
| 1-136-22318-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465169703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge Studies in Environmental Policy