One planet is enough : tackling climate change and environmental threats through technology /: tackling climate change and environmental threats through technology. (©2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rune Westergård.
• Other Names: Westergård, Rune
• Contents: A New Picture of the World; The Right Remedy for a Coughing Planet; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; 1 The Ecological Shackle; Abstract; At an Important Crossroads; Is Sustainable Development a Sustainable Concept?; 2 The Children of Technology; Abstract; Technology Makes a Difference; Culture Is Technology-Driven; Man-A Domestic Animal; The Expansion of the Technosphere Is Accelerating; 3 Darwin and the Machines; Abstract; The Biological Evolution; Technology and Biology Are Shaped by the Same Hand; The Natural Consumption Selection. Gene Flow and Diversity in the World of TechnologyThe Mammoths of Mechanics; How Will the Techno-Evolution Proceed?; A New Species?; 4 The Long and Winding Road to a Better Life; Abstract; From Glass to Penicillin; From Stones to Apps; From a Stone on a String to GPS; The Pattern of Destiny; A Digital Giant Leap; The Phone Booth in Your Breast Pocket; The Machinery of Welfare; 5 The Mechanisms of Progress; Abstract; Let Obsolete Technology Die; Maturing Technology; The Sharing Economy; When Products Become Services; Environmental Effects Due to the Growth of the Technosphere. 6 Consumption-A Primordial ForceAbstract; Creative Consumption; Consumption Research with a Twist; The Right Diagnosis for the Right Cure; The Luxuries of Yesterday Become the Commodities of Today; The Involuntary Luxury Consumer; Active Consumption Supports Sustainable Development; Accommodation, Beef & Car-The ABC of Personal Climate Consideration; Buy a New Fridge and Save the Planet; Change Your Car-Change Technology; The Consumption of Today Creates the Improvements of Tomorrow; Is Downshifting Possible?; Service Consumption; Growth-A Part of the Natural Order. Exactly What Is Wasteful Consumption?Is Happiness for Sale?; 7 Real and Imagined Threats; Abstract; Focus: The Problem; Real and Imagined Threats; Facts, Propaganda and Hidden Messages; What Is the Real State of the Planet?; Is the Notion of Sustainable Technology-Driven Growth Over-Optimistic?; Pessimism Does not Support a Sustainable Development; 8 The Welfare Debt and the Rebound Effect; Abstract; Does an Accelerating Development Increase Inequality?; Suspension of Imports or Growth?; Do the Rich Countries Have an Environmental Debt?; The Rebound Effect-A Push to the Next Level. Sustainability Gains Despite the Rebound Effect9 Technology Requires Freedom and Responsibility; Abstract; The Carrot and the Stick; Means of Control and Creative Destruction; Paralysing Analyses; Care and Testing; 10 Resources Are Dwindling-Yet Growing; Abstract; The Process Box of Civilisation; Infinite and Finite Resources; The Copper War that Never Started; From Waste to Resource; Growing Resources; Structural Capital and Big Data; Artificial Resources Growing at High Speed; The Essence of Technology-A Natural Resource; Artificial Resources-A Summary; 11 The Climate Issue Can Be Solved.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.9/27; 500; Popular works; Sustainable development; Sustainable development -- Social aspects; Climatic changes -- Social aspects; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Climatic changes -- Social aspects; Sustainable development; Sustainable development -- Social aspects; Popular Science; Popular Science in Nature and Environment; Sustainable Development; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Energy Policy, Economics and Management; Business & Economics -- Development -- Sustainable Development; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Energy Industries; Sustainability; The environment; Energy technology & engineering; Life sciences; Nature -- General; Popular science; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319609133; 3319609130
• Related ISBNs: 3319609122; 9783319609126
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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