Overshoot (Buch von 1980)

carrying capacity: maximum permanently supportable load.
cornucopian myth: euphoric belief in limitless resources.
drawdown: stealing resources from the future.
cargoism: delusion that technology will always save us from
overshoot: growth beyond an area’s carrying capacity, leading to
crash: die-off.

Verbindungen

William R. Catton, Jr. verfasste ~
~ behandelt Overshoot

Angaben

William R. Catton, Jr.: Overshoot. The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change. University of Illinois Press, 1980.

Taschenbuch-Ausgabe von 1982.

Zitat zum Buch:

Catton's landmark 1980 book Overshoot had on its cover the following mini-glossary that concisely presented its themes:

carrying capacity: maximum permanently supportable load.

cornucopian myth: euphoric belief in limitless resources.

drawdown: stealing resources from the future.

cargoism: delusion that technology will always save us from

overshoot: growth beyond an area’s carrying capacity, leading to

crash: die-off.