The next world war : tribes, cities, nations and ecological decline /

The next world war : tribes, cities, nations and ecological decline /

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Author / Creator:	Woodbridge, Roy M.
Imprint:	Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 328 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Environmental degradation. Globalization -- Environmental aspects. Sustainable development. Human ecology. Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- History. Economic development -- Environmental aspects. Environmental degradation. Globalization -- Environmental aspects. Human ecology. Sustainable development. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11177168

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ISBN:	9781442681897 1442681896 1281996254 9781281996251 0802086039 0802088309 9780802086037 9780802088307
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Pre-occupied with the war on terrorism, we have lost sight of a more dangerous enemy of social peace and progress - the inability of the world's people to access the ecological goods and services they need to maintain and build their societies. By 2025, the combined demands of continued economic growth and the reduction of global poverty will require, annually, the ecological equivalent of three or four earths. Like the tribes, cities, and nations of earlier times, we can fight our neighbours for privileged access to declining ecosystem goods and services. This confrontation will inevitably pit the wealthy beneficiaries of the global economy against the billions of excluded, and lead to accelerated ecological collapse, the derailment of growth, and social chaos. The only alternative to this dismal prospect is to mobilize on a scale as if for war in order to meet this provisioning challenge on the battlefields of directed technological innovation.
Other form:	Print version: Woodbridge, Roy M. Next world war. Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2004

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Summary:	In The Next World War , Roy Woodbridge argues that the international community must redirect present sustainable development and poverty reduction efforts in ways that place the provisioning of societies at the heart of political decision-making.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xv, 328 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781442681897 1442681896 1281996254 9781281996251 0802086039 0802088309 9780802086037 9780802088307