Başlık:
A future beyond growth : towards a steady state economy
Yazar:
Washington, Haydn, 1955- editor.
ISBN:
9781138953017
9781138953024
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
xxiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
İçerik:
Forward: setting things straight for the steady state /Brian Czech -- Introduction: why the growth of economy is broken /Haydn Washington -- Section 1. Population: the heresy of numbers -- A population perspective on the steady state economy /Herman E. Daly -- Population: better not bigger /Ian Lowe -- Nine population strategies to stop short of 9 billion /Robert Engelman -- Choosing a planet of life /Eileen Crist -- Section 2. Throughput and consumerism: a key elephant in the room -- Re-engineering cultures to create a sustainable civilization /Erik Assadourian -- Sustainable business: what should it be? circular economy and the 'business of subversion' /Helen Kopnina -- Peak mining: stepping down from high resource use /Simon Michaux -- Section 3. Key aspects of a steady state economy -- What is the steady state economy? /James Magnus-Johnston -- The physical pathway to a steady state economy /Graham Turner -- Relating the steady state economy to the green, circular and blue economies /Paul Twomey and Haydn Washington -- Sustainable, equitable, secure: getting there? /Frank Stilwell -- The genuine progress indicator: an indicator to guide the transition to a steady state economy / Philip Lawn -- Capitalism and the steady state: uneasy bedfellows /Joshua Farley -- Section 4. Ethics and a message from the future -- Sustainable development vs. sustainable biosphere /Holmes Rolston III -- A message from the future about the steady state economy /Geoff Mosley -- Section 5. Policy for change -- Degrowth as a transition strategy /Robert Perey -- Strategies for transition to a future beyond growth /Mark Diesendorf -- Conclusion: the endless growth myth: simplicity and complexity /Haydn Washington and Paul Twomey.
Özet:
There is a fundamental denial at the centre of why we have an environmental crisis – a denial that ignores that endless physical growth on a finite planet is impossible. Nature provides the ecosystem services that support our civilisation, thus making humanity unavoidably dependent upon it. However, society continues to ignore and deny this dependence. A Future Beyond Growth explores the reason why the endless growth economy is fundamentally unsustainable and considers ways in which society can move beyond this to a steady state economy. The book brings together some of the deepest thinkers from around the world to consider how to advance beyond growth. The main themes consider the deep problems of the current system and key aspects of a steady state economy, such as population; throughput and consumerism; ethics and equity; and policy for change. The policy section and conclusion bring together these various themes and indicates how we can move past the growth economy to a truly sustainable future. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of economics, sustainability and environmental studies in general.
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