Beyond the Limits to Growth New Ideas for Sustainability from Japan /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Komiyama, Hiroshi (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Science for Sustainable Societies,
• Θέματα: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Energy efficiency.; Climate change.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings).; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

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 i...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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”.