Confronting hidden threats to sustainability. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gary Gardner, Tom Prugh, and Michael Renner, project directors ; [chapters by] Katie Auth [and fourteen others] ; Lisa Mastny, editor.
• Authors: Auth, Katie
• Editors: Mastny, Lisa
• Other Names: Gardner, Gary project director.; Prugh, Tom project director.; Renner, Michael 1957- project director.; Worldwatch Institute, sponsorong body.
• Contents: Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: The Seeds of Modern Threats; A Double-edged Sword; Pollution Control and New Growth Impulses; Recognizing and Acting on Unexpected Threats; Conclusion; Emerging Issues; CHAPTER 2: Energy, Credit, and the End of Growth; Energy as the Foundation of Human Economies; The Fragility of the Trade; The Importance of Energy Return on Energy Invested; Debt and Energy; Conclusion; CHAPTER 3: The Trouble with Growth; Economic Growth as a Policy Objective; The Negative Consequences of Economic Growth. Decoupling Economic Growth from ThroughputEnvisaging Alternative Futures; Conclusion; CHAPTER 4: Avoiding Stranded Assets; Risks That Lead to Stranding; Fossil Fuels; Natural Capital; Agriculture; Avoiding Stranding; CHAPTER 5: Mounting Losses of Agricultural Resources; Keeping a Full Pantry Full; A Worrisome Waterscape; Losses and Transfers of Land; An Abused Atmosphere; Food Imports: Too Clever by Half?; Prioritizing Conservation; CHAPTER 6: The Oceans: Resilience at Risk; Unsustainable Fishing; Climate Change; Links Between Unsustainable Fishing and Climate Change. CHAPTER 7: Whose Arctic Is It?The Global Arctic and Climate Change; The Arctic Region, from the Perspective of the Arctic Region; Current Arctic Governance Mechanisms; Regional and International Environmental Governance; Economic Opportunities of a Warming Arctic; Social and Economic Sustainability of the Arctic; Conclusion; CHAPTER 8: Emerging Diseases from Animals; Pandemics of Animal Origin: A Growing Threat; Ecology of Disease; Livestock and Wild Animals; Land-Use Change; Resistance to Antimicrobial Drugs; Combating Zoonoses; CHAPTER 9: Migration as a Climate Adaptation Strategy. Common (Mis)perceptions of Climate-Induced MigrationThe Impacts of Climate Change on Migration; Policy Directions for Migration as Adaptation; Conclusion; CHAPTER 10: Childhood's End; Tactical Solutions; Strategic Solutions; Robust Citizenship; Notes; Chapter 1. The Seeds of Modern Threats; Chapter 2. Energy, Credit, and the End of Growth; Chapter 3. The Trouble with Growth; Chapter 4. Avoiding Stranded Assets; Chapter 5. Mounting Losses of Agricultural Resources; Chapter 6. The Oceans: Resilience at Risk; Chapter 7. Whose Arctic Is It?; Chapter 8. Emerging Diseases from Animals. Chapter 9. Migration as a Climate Adaptation StrategyChapter 10. Childhood's End; Index.
• Publisher Details: Washington : Island Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 338.9/27; Environment; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Environmental policy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Environmental policy; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Climatic changes; Science -- Environmental Science; Climate change; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781610916110; 1610916115
• Related ISBNs: 9781610916103
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 08, 2015).
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