Beyond the limits

By Dennis L. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Donella H. Meadows

Subjects: Pollution--economic aspects, Nouvel ordre économique international, Milieueconomie, Economic development--environmental aspects, Bevolking, Ecology, Wereldondergang, Economic aspects of Population, Economic development, Population, Grenzen des Wachstums, Environmental aspects, Aspect économique, Economic aspects of Pollution, Economic aspects, Développement durable, Population--economic aspects, Economische groei, Environmental aspects of Pollution, Sustainable development, Environmental aspects of Economic development, Sustainable agriculture, Economic forecasting, Hd75.6 .m43 1992b, Développement économique, Pollution, Mondialisation

Description: This is a book about human population growth, carrying capacities, delayed feedbacks, our environmental impacts, and the possibilities of overshoot and collapse. -- Excerpt: "Any population-economy-environment system that has feedback delays and slow physical responses, that has thresholds and erosive mechanisms, is literally unmanageable. No matter how brilliant its technologies, no matter how efficient its economy, no matter how wise its decision makers, it simply can't steer itself away from hazards unless it tests its limits very, very slowly."