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Ecological futures : what history can teach us / Sing C. Chew.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chew, Sing C.
- Series:
- Chew, Sing C. Trilogy on world ecological degradation.
- Trilogy on world ecological degradation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental degradation--History.
- Environmental degradation.
- Global environmental change--History.
- Global environmental change.
- Ecological disturbances--History.
- Ecological disturbances.
- Climatic changes--History.
- Climatic changes.
- Sustainable development--History.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (182 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : AltaMira Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Ecological Futures argues that history can be used as a guide to possible socioeconomic, political, and ecological scenarios that will transform our globalized world. Ecological Futures, the final book in Sing C. Chew's trilogy on world ecological degradation, proposes that our own era exhibits ecological conditions similar to those of the past. The climate changes, environmental crises, mass population migrations, and socioeconomic disorganization we find in our globalized world also characterized the Late Bronze Age and the period following the fall of the Roman Empire. Given such historical parallels, can history tell us what to expect? Analyzing past trends, Chew identifies a set of long-term structural changes common to previous systemic crises and suggests possible outcomes. These "possible futures" include the collapse of systems, territories, informational technologies, and communities in an era of scarce resources, political reorganization, and globalization.
- Contents:
- Introduction: System demise
- The conditions : climate and diseases
- The reactions : alternate life practices
- The transitions
- The transformations
- The futures.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-155) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-49778-2
- 9786612497780
- 0-7591-1223-1
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