The Limits to Growth Revisited

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Bardi, Ugo (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Energy,
• Θέματα: Environment.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Computer simulation.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Energy industries.; Environmental management.; Environmental economics.; Environmental Management.; Environmental Economics.; Simulation and Modeling.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Energy Economics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

“The Limits to Growth” (Meadows, 1972) generated unprecedented controversy with its predictions of the eventual collapse of the world's economies. First hailed as a great advance in science, “The Limits to Growth” was subsequently rejected and demonized. However, with many national economies no...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The story of “The Limits to Growth”
• 3. Of models and simulations
• 4. System dynamics modeling
• 5. Modeling the real world: whaling in 19th century
• 6. World modeling by system dynamics
• 7.  Criticism to “The Limits to Growth”
• 8. Mineral Resources as Limits to Growth
• 9. Technological Progress and Limits to Growth
• 10. The Political Debate
• 11. The Return of World Modeling
• 12. Conclusion: the challenges ahead
• 13. About the author
• 14. Acknowledgements.