Global green shift : when Ceres meets Gaia /: when Ceres meets Gaia. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John A. Mathews.
• Authors: Mathews, John A (John Alwyn), 1946-
• Contents: List of Figures; Foreword by Dr Shi Zhengrong; Preface; List of Acronyms; Part I: Dynamics of the Green Transition; 1. Introduction; 2. Evolutionary Dynamics of Our Industrial Civilization; 3. Ecomodernization –with ‘Chinese Characteristics’; 4. Sociotechnical Transitions: A Sixth Wave; 5. No Wonder China and India Are Pursuing Green Growth Strategies So Vigorously; 6. Finance Now Playing a Central Role in the Green Shift; 7. Can the China Model Be Utilized by Other Industrializing Countries?; 8. Green Growth Development Strategies, Local Content Requirements and World Trade; 9. Farewell Fossil Fuels; Part II: Sixth Wave Eco- Innovations; 10. Global Population Peaking […] and Urbanizing; 11. Energy That Is Clean, Cheap, Abundant – and Safe; 12. Reframing Renewables as Enhancing Energy Security; 13. The Myths of ‘Renewistan’; 14. Recirculation and Regeneration of Resources (Circular Economy); 15. Food and Fresh Water Production; 16. Energy, Water, Food for Cities: Deploying a Positive Triple Nexus; 17. Eco- Cities of the Future; 18. When Ceres Meets Gaia; Bibliography; Index.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 333.70951; Sustainable development -- China; Economic development -- China; Sustainable development -- Developing countries; Economic development -- Developing countries
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783086436; 9781783086429
• Related ISBNs: 9781783086405; 9781783086412
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