The Seneca effect : why growth is slow but collapse is rapid /: why growth is slow but collapse is rapid. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ugo Bardi.
• Authors: Bardi, Ugo
• Contents: Introduction -- Seneca's times: The fall of the Roman Empire -- The Seneca collapse as a critical phenomenon: why do things break? -- Networks: the Seneca collapse of complex structures -- Fast and Furious Seneca: Financial collapses -- Destroying what keeps you alive: the tragedy of the commons -- The World as a Giant Bathtub: the Seneca Collapse of Complex Systems -- World models and the collapse of everything -- The dark heart of the fossil empires -- Malthus was an optimist: famines and population collapses -- The Seneca asteroid: climate change as the ultimate collapse -- Managing complex systems: how to pull the levers in the right direction -- Conclusion: How to euthanize an empire.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 209 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 621; Physics; System theory; Existentialism; Phase transformations (Statistical physics); Computational complexity; Economics -- Sociological aspects; SCIENCE -- System Theory; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Operations Research; Phase transformations (Statistical physics); Economics -- Sociological aspects; Computational complexity; Existentialism; System theory; Technology & Engineering -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Science -- Solid State Physics; Cybernetics & systems theory; Sociology: work & labour; Social research & statistics; Economic systems & structures; Condensed matter physics (liquid state & solid state physics); Engineering; Economics; Science -- Chaotic Behavior in Systems; Nonlinear science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319572079; 3319572075
• Related ISBNs: 9783319572062; 3319572067
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.