Socioecological transitions and global change : trajectories of social metabolism and land use / edited by Marina Fischer-Kowalski and Helmut Haberl.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fischer-Kowalski, Marina, 1946-

Haberl, Helmut.

Series:

Advances in ecological economics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social ecology.

Social evolution.

Social change.

System theory.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Globalization.

Globalization--Environmental aspects.

Physical Description:

xiv, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2007]

Contents:

Conceptualizing, observing and comparing socioecological transitions / Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Helmut Haberl

Land-use change and socioeconomic metabolism : a macro view of Austria 1830-2000 / Fridolin Krausmann, Helmut Haberl

The fossil fuel-powered carbon sink : carbon flows and Austria's energetic metabolism in a long-term perspective / Karl-Heinz Erb, Helmut Haberl, Fridolin Krausmann

The great transformation : a socio-metabolic reading of the industrialization of the United Kingdom / Heinz Schandl, Fridolin Krausmann

The local base of the historical agrarian : industrial transition and the interaction between scales / Helmut Haberl, Fridolin Krausmann

The local base of transitions in developing countries / Clemens M. Grünbühel, Simron J. Singh, Marina Fischer-Kowalski

Transition in a contemporary context : patterns of development in a globalizing world / Nina Eisenmenger, Jesus Ramos Martin, Heinz Schandl

Conclusions : likely and unlikely pasts, possible and impossible futures / Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Helmut Haberl, Fridolin Krausmann.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

184720340X

9781847203403

OCLC:

78788521