Machine derived contents note: Contents -- About the Author v -- Part One: Is There A Crisis? -- 1 The Drivers 3 -- 2 Running Out of Fuel: The Coming Energy Crunch 9 -- 3 Population and Poverty 21 -- 4 Climate: How Long to Tipping Point? 29 -- 5 Is There Enough Food and Water? 41 -- 6 One World? 53 -- 7 The Fourth Horseman 62 -- Part Two: Directions -- 8 Which Way Science? 75 -- 9 In the Genes: New Plants ¿ and People? 83 -- 10 The Values of the Sea 94 -- 11 Multinationals: Good Business or Bad? 101 -- 12 The Trouble with Money 110 -- Part Three: Upgrading The Individual -- 13 The Pursuit of Happiness 123 -- 14 Love, Family and Freedom 130 -- 15 Habitat: The Dilemma of the Cities 135 -- 16 Making Education Work 145 -- 17 Health and Wealth 153 -- 18 Religion: The Cement of Society? 161 -- Part Four: The New Society? -- 19 The Mechanics of Change 171 -- 20 Automation and Employment 178 -- 21 Travelling Less? 186 -- 22 Working Online 192 -- 23 The Information Overload 199 -- 24 The Toxic Culture 205 -- 25 Running the Show 211 -- 26 Getting the World We Want 220 -- Notes 230 -- Index 244
Summary
Argues that unless urgent action is taken, the world faces a potentially apocalyptic period around the year 2030
Notes
"First edition published as The 2030 spike : countdown to global catastrophe, by Earthscan in the UK and USA in 2003"--T.p. verso
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-297) and index
