Environmentally Significant Consumption: Research Directions

Bys: National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Scienc, Board on Environmental Change and Societ

There has been much polemic about affluence, consumption, and the global environment. For some observers, "consumption" is at the root of global environmental threats: wealthy individuals and societies use far too much of the earth's resource base and should scale back their appetites to preserve the environment for future generations and allow a decent life for the rest of the world. Other observers see affluence as the way to escape environmental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309055989
• ISBN13: 9780309055987
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"