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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Beyond the Limits to Growth
    sub title: New Ideas for Sustainability from Japan
  name:
    name part: Komiyama, Hiroshi.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ja
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXIX, 103 p. 30 illus., 29 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: At a time when contemporary challenges seem to many to be insurmountable, this book offers an optimistic view of the future and provides a road map for societies to get there. Drawing upon extensive research and many years as a thought leader in environmental and sustainability issues in Japan and internationally, Hiroshi Komiyama analyzes the most pressing challenges to the attainment of sustainability of economically advanced nations and argues forcefully for Japan to lead them out of the present dilemma through active promotion of creative consumer and societal demand. He shows how an active industry–government–academic partnership can provide the environment needed to promote such new creative demand and illustrates its potential through presentation of a Platinum Society Network that was launched on a regional basis in Japan in 2010 to facilitate the solution of common issues through the exchange of information and ideas. What is perhaps most surprising about the text is its unwavering optimism supported by hard evidence, history, and insightful observation. Problems arising from new paradigms of the 21st century (what the author refers to as “exploding knowledge, limited Earth resources, and aging societies“) thwart sustainable development in advanced and developing countries alike. All countries will struggle with issues that evolve from these paradigms including diminishing resources, expanding budget deficits, and growing global environmental problems. This window on potential practical pathways and solutions should be of interest to all those engaged in seeking ways to meet these contemporary challenges. .
  table of contents: 1 “Diffusive Demand” and “Creative Demand” -- 2 The 21st Century Paradigm and the Role of Information Technology -- 3 “Vision 2050” as the Rescue of a “Limited Earth” -- 4 Finding a Way Out Through Creative Demand, I -- 5 Finding a Way Out Through Creative Demand, II -- 6 Toward the Realization of a “Platinum Society”.
  note: by Hiroshi Komiyama.
  note: Open Access
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy resources
  subject:
    topic: Energy policy
  subject:
    topic: Energy and state
  subject:
    topic: Energy efficiency
  subject:
    topic: Climate change
  subject:
    topic: Renewable energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Alternate energy sources
  subject:
    topic: Green energy industries
  subject:
    topic: Environmental engineering
  subject:
    topic: Biotechnology
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable development
  subject:
    topic: Environment
  subject:
    topic: Sustainable Development
  subject:
    topic: Energy Policy, Economics and Management
  subject:
    topic: Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings)
  subject:
    topic: Climate Change Management and Policy
  subject:
    topic: Renewable and Green Energy
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
  classification: GE195-199
  classification: GE196
  classification: 338.927
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Science for Sustainable Societies
  identifier: 9784431545590
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54559-0
  access condition: Open Access
  record info:
    record creation date: 140218
    record change date: 20151204155706.0
    record identifier: 978-4-431-54559-0