A Prosperous Way Down

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ISBN: 9780870819087 | 0870819089
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/30/2008

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Available for the first time in paperback, this prescient meditation by renowned scientist Howard Odum on a future with less fossil fuel and insufficient alternative energy offers avenues for maintaining a prosperous, stable, and sustainable society and has been called "more than legacy . . . it is a plan, a blueprint for survival." (Ecological Modelling).

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List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
The Approaching Summit	p. 1
Introduction to the Way Down	p. 3
The Present Condition	p. 13
Intellectual Views of the Future	p. 29
System Principles	p. 59
The Ways of Energy and Materials in All Systems	p. 61
Pulsing and the Growth Cycle	p. 77
Real Wealth and the Economy	p. 91
Spatial Organization	p. 107
Population and Wealth	p. 123
Policies for Transition and Descent	p. 131
The Global Network	p. 133
Energy Sources	p. 151
Sustaining a Nation	p. 171
Sustaining People	p. 183
Starting Down	p. 195
Reorganizing Cities	p. 209
Restoring Waters	p. 223
Refreshing the Landscape	p. 235
Transmitting Knowledge	p. 251
Preparing People	p. 269
Summary for Action	p. 279
Notes	p. 287
References	p. 295
Index	p. 305
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