Science and sustainability : selected papers on IIASA'S 2Oth anniversary.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.

Conference Name:

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Conference (4th : 1992 : Vienna, Austria)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--International cooperation--Congresses.

Science.

Science--International cooperation.

Economic development--Environmental aspects--Congresses.

Economic development.

Economic development--Environmental aspects.

Environmental policy--Congresses.

Environmental policy.

Environmental protection--Congresses.

Environmental protection.

Population--Congresses.

Population.

System analysis--Congresses.

System analysis.

Science and the state--Congresses.

Science and the state.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[Laxenburg, Austria] : International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis ; Vienna : Printed by Novographic, [1992]

Contents:

Plenary addresses / Chancellor Vranitzky, G. Marchuk, G. Obasi

Part I. What is sustainability? Sustainability and technology / H. Brooks.

Part II. Present trends need cause only minor concern. Toward dematerialization and decarbonization / T. Kanoh

Sustainable energy development / U. Colombo.

Part III. Present trends give cause for the most serious concern. Environmental aspects of the transformation of centrally planned economies / G. Golitsyn

Pluralism and convergence in international science policy / S. Jasanoff

Redrawing the boundaries between science and politics: toward a postmodern version of speaking truth to power / H. Nowotny

Decision analysis and support, and the study of developmental challenges / A. Wierzbicki.

Part IV. Models to say what the future holds. A linear model for environment and development / L. Klein.

Part V. How to disseminate the knowledge that will create a constituency for sound policies. International environmental governance: building institutions in an anarchical society / O. Young.

Part VI. Population growth and aging: a burden on development. Population growth in the Third World / L. Tabah.

Conclusion / P. de Jánosi.

Notes:

IIASA celebrated its twentieth anniversary with its fourth general conference, IIASA '92: an International Conference on the Challenges to Systems Analysis in the Nineties and Beyond. This volume is the first of two books to result from the conference. In this collection we have attempted to select those papers presented at the conference that dealt with environmental issues and the role of science in addressing such problems, as well as to some extent creating them. -- Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3704501182

OCLC:

29579498