Sharing the Planet : Population, Consumption, Species - Science and Ethics for a Sustainable and Equitable World

by Edited by Bob van der Zwaan and Arthur Petersen

• ISBN13: 9789059720022
• ISBN10: 9059720024
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Eburon Publishers, Delft

Summary

Because international trade drives today's political, economic, and financial infrastructures, its momentum has largely drowned out warnings about the limited resources of the planet. This book raises public awareness about these limited resources with writings by leading scholars that provide an up-to-date and forceful analysis of how the global community can move toward a sustainable and equitable world. Taking a multicultural and multidisciplinary approach, Sharing the Planet will be essential reading for scholars and concerned citizens.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	vii
Jan Pronk
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	viii
INTRODUCTION	1	(9)
Bob van der Zwaan and Arthur Petersen
Part 1 CONSUMPTION, POPULATION AND A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
1 FROM 'LIMITS TO GROWTH' TO 'FACTOR FOUR'	10	(12)
Ernst von Weizsäcker
2 INCREASING RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY BY A FACTOR TEN	22	(18)
Friedrich Schmidt-Bleek
3 SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL INCOME, A PREREQUISITE FOR SUSTAINABILITY	40	(18)
Roefie Hueting
4 ENERGY CONSTRAINTS WITH LIMITED OPTIONS	58	(20)
Johan van Klinken
5 OVERSHOOT: INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN POPULATION, CONSUMPTION AND ECOSYSTEMS	78	(20)
Anne Ehrlich
Part II BIODIVERSITY, GLOBALISATION AND SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE
6 SHARING WITH OTHER SPECIES	98	(19)
Johan van Klinken and Jan van Hooff
7 LOSS OF LIVING NATURE AND POSSIBILITIES FOR THE LIMITATION THEREOF	117	(16)
Lucas Reijnders
8 THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE: (UN)CERTAINTIES ABOUT SPECIES LOSS	133	(18)
Arthur Petersen and Bob van der Zwaan
9 CRISIS OF ECOLOGICAL STABILITY: NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEMOCRACY IN THE AGE OF GLOBALISATION	151	(17)
Vandana Shiva and Radha Holla
10 GLOBALISATION, ENVIRONMENT AND ETHICS: THE PROBLEMATIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MODERNITY AND SUSTAINABILITY	168	(18)
Koo van der Wal
11 ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY REVISITED: A CIVILISATIONAL PERSPECTIVE	186	(20)
Bas de Gaay Fortman
12 SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PLANET AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: LOOKING FOR AN EFFECTIVE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE	206	(22)
Atiq Rahman and Dwijen Mallick
Postscript
EDUCATION FOR EFFECTIVE STEWARDSHIP	228	(6)
Jane Goodall
Appendix
GRONINGEN MANIFESTO	234	(3)
ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND EDITORS	237	(7)
INDEX	244