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Auteur(s) : Davis, David Howard (1941-....)
Titre(s) : Ignoring the apocalypse [Texte imprimé] : why planning to prevent environmental catastrophe goes astray / David Howard Davis
Publication : Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007
Description matérielle : xviii, 228 p. ; 25 cm
Collection : Politics and the environment, ISSN 1932-3484
Lien à la collection : Politics and the environment
Comprend : Introduction ; The golden age of statistics : planning as prediction ; The energy
crisis : planning as central management ; Overpopulation : the absence of planning
; Nuclear war : secret planning ; Global warming : international scientific planning
; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-222) and index
"Environmentalists often predict an Apocalypse is coming. The earth will heat up like
a greenhouse. We will run out of energy. Overpopulation will lead to starvation and
war. Nuclear winter will kill all plants and animals. During the past fifty to one
hundred years, Americans have heard many prophecies of doom, such as the Club of Rome
report predicting the world economy would "crash" about the year 2020. These do not
come as complete surprises without any warnings. Sometimes the United States simply
ignores the threats, but other times it makes plans to prevent them." "This book begins
by asking whether American planning is different for dangers that are truly apocalyptic
- ones that could end life on the planet or at least modern economic prosperity. It
goes on to ask why Americans ignore so many problems like the greenhouse effect or
an oil shortage or nuclear war, problems that have been forecast many times. Then
when the United States does plan, why do those plans often go astray?"--BOOK JACKET
Sujet(s) : Pollution -- Lutte contre
Réchauffement de la Terre -- Prévention
Guerre nucléaire -- Prévention
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780275996635 (alk. paper). - ISBN 0275996638 (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb425236201
Notice n° :
FRBNF42523620
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