William R. Catton

Overshoot (eBook, ePUB)

The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Our day-to-day experiences over the past decade have taught us that there must be limits to our tremendous appetite for energy, natural resources, and consumer goods. Even utility and oil companies now promote conservation in the face of demands for dwindling energy reserves. And for years some biologists have warned us of the direct correlation between scarcity and population growth. These scientists see an appalling future riding the tidal wave of a worldwide growth of population and technology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780252098000
• Artikelnr.: 42703565

Autorenporträt

William R. Catton, Jr., was a professor of sociology at Washington State University and author of From Animistic to Naturalistic Sociology and more than seventy-five articles in such journals as American Sociologist, Social Science Quarterly, Journal of Forestry, and BioScience.