Table of Contents
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1.1 Roots
1.2 Sustainability Science
1.3 Sustainable Development Is About Quality of Life
1.4 Guidelines for the Reader
1.2 Sustainability Science
1.3 Sustainable Development Is About Quality of Life
1.4 Guidelines for the Reader
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The World Car System
2.3 Systems Dynamics: The Basics
2.4 System Dynamics Modelling
2.5 Structure, Space and Time
2.6 Summary Points
2.2 The World Car System
2.3 Systems Dynamics: The Basics
2.4 System Dynamics Modelling
2.5 Structure, Space and Time
2.6 Summary Points
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Beginnings: Two Environmental Tales
3.3 Emerging Social Complexity: State Formation
3.4 Empires
3.5 Mechanisms, Theories and Models
3.6 Summary Points
3.2 The Beginnings: Two Environmental Tales
3.3 Emerging Social Complexity: State Formation
3.4 Empires
3.5 Mechanisms, Theories and Models
3.6 Summary Points
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The World in the Last Three centuries
4.3 Accelerating Impacts: The Natural Environment
4.4 Earth System Analysis: Regimes and Syndromes
4.5 Summary Points
4.2 The World in the Last Three centuries
4.3 Accelerating Impacts: The Natural Environment
4.4 Earth System Analysis: Regimes and Syndromes
4.5 Summary Points
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Global Change: The Scientific Worldview
5.3 Rising Concerns
5.4 The Notion of Sustainable Development
5.5 An Indicator Framework for Sustainable Development
5.6 Summary Points
5.2 Global Change: The Scientific Worldview
5.3 Rising Concerns
5.4 The Notion of Sustainable Development
5.5 An Indicator Framework for Sustainable Development
5.6 Summary Points
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Quality of Life and Values
6.3 The Cultural Theory
6.4 Worldviews: Ways to See the World
6.5 Worldviews in Action
6.6 Summary Points
6.2 Quality of Life and Values
6.3 The Cultural Theory
6.4 Worldviews: Ways to See the World
6.5 Worldviews in Action
6.6 Summary Points
7.1 Introduction: The Essential Resource
7.2 Basic Energy Science: Thermodynamics
7.3 Movements in Space and Time: Mechanics
7.4 Stories
7.5 Energy Conversion
7.6 Energy Futures
7.7 Summary Points
7.2 Basic Energy Science: Thermodynamics
7.3 Movements in Space and Time: Mechanics
7.4 Stories
7.5 Energy Conversion
7.6 Energy Futures
7.7 Summary Points
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Models in the Natural Sciences
8.3 Strong and Weak Knowledge
8.4 Complexity
8.5 Metamodels and Organising Concepts
8.6 Science in the Age of Complexity
8.7 Summary Points
8.2 Models in the Natural Sciences
8.3 Strong and Weak Knowledge
8.4 Complexity
8.5 Metamodels and Organising Concepts
8.6 Science in the Age of Complexity
8.7 Summary Points
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Earth: Soil Climate Vegetation Maps
9.3 Stories
9.4 Land Cover Change and Degradation
9.5 Ecosystem Dynamics: Population Ecology
9.6 Foodwebs: The Stocks and Flows in Ecosystems
9.7 Catastrophic Change in Ecosystems
9.8 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
9.9 Nature and Sustainable Development
9.10 Summary Points
9.2 Earth: Soil Climate Vegetation Maps
9.3 Stories
9.4 Land Cover Change and Degradation
9.5 Ecosystem Dynamics: Population Ecology
9.6 Foodwebs: The Stocks and Flows in Ecosystems
9.7 Catastrophic Change in Ecosystems
9.8 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
9.9 Nature and Sustainable Development
9.10 Summary Points
10.1 Introduction: The Image of Man
10.2 Demography: The Dynamics of Human Population Growth
10.3 eEvolution: Our Biological Roots
10.4 Homo Economicus and its critics
10.5 Simulating Human Behaviour
10.6 Summary points
10.2 Demography: The Dynamics of Human Population Growth
10.3 eEvolution: Our Biological Roots
10.4 Homo Economicus and its critics
10.5 Simulating Human Behaviour
10.6 Summary points
11.1 Introduction: The Human Habitat
11.2 Agricultural Systems
11.3 Stories from the Real World
11.4 Land Use and Cover Change
11.5 Towards a Global Industrial Agro-Food System
11.6 Perspectives on Food and Agriculture
11.7 Summary Points
11.2 Agricultural Systems
11.3 Stories from the Real World
11.4 Land Use and Cover Change
11.5 Towards a Global Industrial Agro-Food System
11.6 Perspectives on Food and Agriculture
11.7 Summary Points
12.1 Introduction: Lakeland
12.2 Renewable Resources
12.3 Water Resources
12.4 Stories
12.5 Fisheries and Forests
12.6 Interactive Modeling for Sustainable Livelihood
12.7 Perspectives on Water, Fish and Forest
12.8 Summary Points
12.2 Renewable Resources
12.3 Water Resources
12.4 Stories
12.5 Fisheries and Forests
12.6 Interactive Modeling for Sustainable Livelihood
12.7 Perspectives on Water, Fish and Forest
12.8 Summary Points
13.1 Introduction: The Industrial Regime
13.2 Non-Renewable Resource Chains: Extraction
13.3 Elementary Resource Economics
13.4 Stories
13.5 Resource Chains: Material Use and Efficiency
13.6 Stories
13.7 The Sink Side: Environment and the Industrial Economy
13.8 Perspectives on the Industrial Economy
13.9 Summary Points
13.2 Non-Renewable Resource Chains: Extraction
13.3 Elementary Resource Economics
13.4 Stories
13.5 Resource Chains: Material Use and Efficiency
13.6 Stories
13.7 The Sink Side: Environment and the Industrial Economy
13.8 Perspectives on the Industrial Economy
13.9 Summary Points
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Theories of Economic Growth
14.3 Source and Sink Constraints in the Economy
14.4 Economic Growth and Sustainable Development
14.5 Summary Points
14.2 Theories of Economic Growth
14.3 Source and Sink Constraints in the Economy
14.4 Economic Growth and Sustainable Development
14.5 Summary Points
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Outlooks
15.3 Scenarios for a Sustainable World
15.4 An Agenda for Sustainability Science
15.2 Outlooks
15.3 Scenarios for a Sustainable World
15.4 An Agenda for Sustainability Science