Slowdown : the end of the great acceleration-- and why its good for the planet, the economy, and our...
Slowdown : the end of the great acceleration-- and why its good for the planet, the economy, and our...
Slowdown : the end of the great acceleration-- and why its good for the planet, the economy, and our lives / Danny Dorling ; illustrations by Kirsten McClure.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
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G 2020/5582
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 385 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
To worry: Imaginatively -- The slowing down: Of almost everything -- Debt: A decelerating sign of the slowdown -- Data: The deluge of less and less that is new -- Climate: Industry, war, carbon, and chaos -- Temperature: The catastrophic exception -- Demographics: Hitting the population brakes -- Fe...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
Drawing from an incredibly rich trove of global data, this groundbreaking book reveals that human progress has been slowing down since the early 1970s. Danny Dorling uses compelling visualizations to illustrate how fertility rates, growth in GDP per person, increases in life expectancy, and even the frequency of new social movements have all steadi...
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Slowdown : the end of the great acceleration-- and why its good for the planet, the economy, and our lives / Danny Dorling ; illustrations by Kirsten McClure.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2020.
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G 2020/5582
Record Identifier
74VKadL0N5wd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKadL0N5wd
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ISBN
0300243405
9780300243406
DDC
303.44
MMS ID
991024320115702626
