Civilization's crisis : a set of linked challenges / John Scales Avery, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Avery, John, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Social aspects.

Climatic changes.

Science--Social aspects.

Science.

Science and civilization.

Environmental degradation.

Nuclear warfare--Social aspects.

Nuclear warfare.

Physical Description:

x, 405 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, 2017.

Summary:

Modern civilization faces a broad spectrum of daunting problems, but rational solutions are available for them all. This book explores the following issues: (1) Threats to the environment and climate change; (2) a growing population and vanishing resources; (3) the global food and refugee crisis; (4) intolerable economic inequality; (5) the threat of nuclear war; (6) the military-industrial complex; and (7) limits to growth. These problems are closely interlinked, and their possible solutions are discussed in this book. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Economics, Ethics and Ecology 1

2 Threats to the Environment and Climate Change 41

3 Growing Population, Vanishing Resources 87

4 The Global Food and Refugee Crisis 117

5 Intolerable Economic Inequality 143

6 The Threat of Nuclear War 163

7 Facing a Set of Linked Problems 207

8 Outlawing War 227

9 The Evolution of Cooperation 261

10 Education for Peace 293

11 The Future of International Law 331

12 The Choice is Ours to Make 363.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789813222441

9813222441

9789813222458

981322245X

OCLC:

971248607