The 2030 spike : countdown to global catastrophe /
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| Author / Creator: | Mason, Colin, 1926- |
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| Imprint: | London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2003. |
| Description: | iv, 250 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4958763 |
Table of Contents:
- About the Author
- Part 1. Crisis Mode
- 1. The Drivers
- 2. Running Out of Fuel: The Coming Energy Crunch
- 3. Population and Poverty
- 4. Climate: Too Hot or Too Cold?
- 5. Famines: Food and Water
- 6. One World?
- 7. The Fourth Horseman
- Part 2. Directions
- 8. Which Way Science?
- 9. In the Genes: New Plants--and People?
- 10. The Values of the Sea
- 11. Multinationals: Good Business or Bad?
- 12. The Trouble with Money
- Part 3. Upgrading the Individual
- 13. The Pursuit of Happiness
- 14. Love, Family and Freedom
- 15. Habitat: The Dilemma of the Cities
- 16. Making Education Work
- 17. Health and Wealth
- 18. Religion: The Cement of Society?
- Part 4. The New Society?
- 19. The Mechanics of Change
- 20. Automation and Employment
- 21. Travelling Less?
- 22. Working Online
- 23. The Information Overload
- 24. The Toxic Culture
- 25. Running the Show
- 26. Conclusion: World to Come
- Notes
- Index
