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Food scarcity : unavoidable by 2100 ? : impact of demography & climate change
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ISBN: 9781546442615 9781544617558 1544617550 Year: 2017 Publisher: Globalethics.net

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The planetary food production, although practiced since millennia, is quite complex. Holistic approaches are indispensable, however difficult to realize. Novel elements are used: the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification System, the Graphical Network descriptions & related statistics, the demographic increase, with the focus on specific continents, the impact Climate Change on agriculture. Nine recommendations are suggested for coping with the existential challenge of feeding all humans by the end of the century. Among them, the creation of a world governance body, acting over several decades, for dealing with the feeding of the world population.

Why yesterday tells of tomorrow : how the long waves of the economy help us determine tomorrow's trends
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ISBN: 9044112058 9789044112054 Year: 2001 Publisher: Leuven Garant

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People's behaviour over the last 25 years (1971 - 1996) shows - in the moste widely differing fields - the classical pattern of a rising long wave of anxiety, which is now beginning drastically to fall. The prospect of falling wave of anxiety - which corresponds with a rising wave in the economy - makes it possible to prognosticate changes of taste, values and behaviour for the next two decades. To gain a precise insight into this, we need some prior knowledge of the long waves of the economy, of anxiety-driven behaviour and of the functionality of behaviour with regard to underlying psychological needs. So, the book begins by interweaving three theories and ends with the presentation of twenty concrete future behavioural trends.

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Business cycles. --- Economic indicators. --- Economic forecasting. --- Consumer behavior. --- Marketing. --- Consumentengedrag. --- Sociale psychologie. --- Business cycles --- marktonderzoek --- gedragspsychologie --- Social change --- consumentengedrag --- economie --- Cycles économiques --- Indicateurs économiques --- Prévision économique --- Consommateurs --- Marketing --- Comportement --- Consumer behavior --- Economic forecasting --- Economic indicators --- economie, wetmatigheden --- economische conjunctuur --- economische geschiedenis --- macro-economie --- #SBIB:024.AANKOOP --- #SBIB:33H011 --- #SBIB:93H3 --- 301.175 --- 338.12 --- 330.33 --- Consumer goods --- Domestic marketing --- Retail marketing --- Retail trade --- Industrial management --- Aftermarkets --- Selling --- Behavior, Consumer --- Buyer behavior --- Decision making, Consumer --- Human behavior --- Consumer profiling --- Market surveys --- Economics --- Forecasting --- Business indicators --- Indicators, Business --- Indicators, Economic --- Leading indicators --- Economic history --- Quality of life --- Index numbers (Economics) --- Social indicators --- Economic cycles --- Economic fluctuations --- Cycles --- 330.33 Conjunctuurtheorieen. Krisistheorieen. Kondratiefcyclus --- Conjunctuurtheorieen. Krisistheorieen. Kondratiefcyclus --- Economische geschiedenis --- Thematische geschiedenis --- Sociale verandering --- Conjunctuur --- Economie --- Conjunctuurtheorieën --- Trends --- Sociologie --- Cultuur --- Cultuursociologie --- Economische sociologie --- Conjunctuurtheorie --- Trend --- Toerisme --- Erfelijkheidsleer --- Stadssamenleving --- Verpleegkunde


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The fate of Rome : climate, disease & the end of an empire
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ISBN: 9780691166834 0691166838 1400888913 9781400888917 0691192065 9780691192062 Year: 2017 Publisher: New Jersey Princeton University Press

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Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome’s power—a story of nature’s triumph over human ambition.Interweaving a grand historical narrative with cutting-edge climate science and genetic discoveries, Kyle Harper traces how the fate of Rome was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating viruses and bacteria. He takes readers from Rome’s pinnacle in the second century, when the empire seemed an invincible superpower, to its unraveling by the seventh century, when Rome was politically fragmented and materially depleted. Harper describes how the Romans were resilient in the face of enormous environmental stress, until the besieged empire could no longer withstand the combined challenges of a “little ice age” and recurrent outbreaks of bubonic plague.A poignant reflection on humanity’s intimate relationship with the environment, The Fate of Rome provides a sweeping account of how one of history’s greatest civilizations encountered and endured, yet ultimately succumbed to the cumulative burden of nature’s violence. The example of Rome is a timely reminder that climate change and germ evolution have shaped the world we inhabit—in ways that are surprising and profound.

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Civilization. --- HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. --- HISTORY / Civilization. --- SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change. --- 30 B.C.-476 A.D. --- Rome (Empire). --- Rome --- History --- Civilisation --- Roman history --- anno 500-599 --- anno 400-499 --- anno 600-699 --- anno 300-399 --- anno 200-299 --- Regression (Civilization) --- Climatic changes --- Human beings --- Health aspects --- Effect of climate on --- Romeinse Rijk --- Homo sapiens --- Human race --- Humanity (Human beings) --- Humankind --- Humans --- Man --- Mankind --- People --- Hominids --- Persons --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Decline of civilization --- Civilization --- Progress --- Environmental aspects --- Philosophy --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- Environmental conditions --- Civilisation. --- Geschiedenis --- Klimaatveranderingen --- Natuurrampen --- Ziekte --- E-books --- Klimaatverandering --- Natuurramp --- Geneeskunde --- Techniek (wetenschap) --- Atlas --- Museum --- Global environmental change --- Regression (Civilization) - History - To 1500 --- Climatic changes - Health aspects - Rome --- Human beings - Effect of climate on - Rome --- Rome - History - Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D --- Rome - Civilization

Hot, flat, and crowded : why the world needs a green revolution and how we can renew our global future
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ISBN: 9781846141294 9781846141638 9780374166854 Year: 2008 Publisher: London Allen Lane

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Examines America's loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11, and the global environmental crisis, and shows how the solutions to these two problems are linked.

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Climatic changes --- Energy policy --- Environmental policy --- Green movement --- Green technology --- Power resources --- developpement durable --- situation economique --- 203 --- 338.012 --- 338.013 --- 351.2 --- 355 --- AA / International- internationaal --- CN / China - Chine --- US / United States of America - USA - Verenigde Staten - Etats Unis --- 502.5 --- 500 Milieu --- Earth-friendly technology --- Environmental technology --- Technology --- Changes, Climatic --- Climate change --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- 502.5 The nature complex as a whole. Balance. Danger. Damage. Threat of destruction --- The nature complex as a whole. Balance. Danger. Damage. Threat of destruction --- Environmental aspects --- duurzame ontwikkeling --- economische toestand --- Sociografie. Algemene beschrijving van de gemeenschappen (Sociologie) --- Energie (productiefactor). --- Belang, verdeling en beleid van de natuurlijke rijkdommen. Grondstoffen --- Openbare gezondheid. Milieubescherming. Milieuvervuiling --- Milieu --- United States --- U.S.A. --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si︠e︡vernoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Si︠e︡vero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Zlucheni Derz︠h︡avy --- USA --- US --- Arhab --- Ar. ha-B. --- Artsot ha-Berit --- ولايات المتحدة الامريكية --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- ABSh --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- ABŞ --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Forente stater --- Spojené staty americké --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Zʹi︠e︡dnani Derz︠h︡avy Ameryky --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Yhdysvallat --- Verenigde Staten --- Egyesült Államok --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Estados Unidos de América --- United States of America --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- SShA --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- VSA --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Estados Unidos --- EE.UU. --- Stany Zjednoczone --- ĒPA --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērikā --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- ZSA --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mei guo --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- U.S. --- America (Republic) --- Amirika Carékat --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- VS --- ولايات المتحدة --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- ولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- Istadus Unidus --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Bí-kok --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- AQSh --- Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі --- Zluchanyi︠a︡ Shtaty Ameryki --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- Yunaeted Stet --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- САЩ --- SASht --- Съединените щати --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Америка (Republic) --- Amerika (Republic) --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Америкӑри Пӗрлешӳллӗ Штатсем --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Stati Uniti --- SUA (Stati Uniti d'America) --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Η.Π.Α. --- Ē.P.A. --- Usono --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi︠a︡vks Shtattnė --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- FS --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Stâts Unîts --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- S.U.A. --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- Mî-koet --- 미국 --- Miguk --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Environmental conditions. --- Social conditions --- Changes in climate --- Climate change science --- Ecologie --- Trends --- Toekomstbeeldvorming --- Internationalisering --- Politiek --- Spojené obce severoamerické --- Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ --- Energie (productiefactor) --- Trend --- Toekomstvisie --- Gezondheidszorg --- Druktechniek --- Bouwsector --- Stadsvernieuwing --- Maatschappij --- Film --- Global environmental change --- États-Unis --- É.-U. --- ÉU

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