Supply-side sustainability
By: T.F.H. Allen, Joseph A. Tainter, Thomas W. Hockstra.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 459
Description: While environmentalists insist that lower rates of consumption of natural resources are essential for a sustainable future, many economists dismiss the notion that resource limits act to constrain modern, creative societies. The conflict between these views tinges political debate at all levels and hinders our ability to plan for the future. Supply-Side Sustainability offers a fresh approach to this dilemma by integrating ecological and social science approaches in an interdisciplinary treatment of sustainability. Written by two ecologists and an anthropologist, this book disc.