The Logic of Sufficiency

by Thomas Princen

Book Overview

What if modern society put a priority on the material security of its citizens and the ecological integrity of its resource base? What if it took ecological constraint as a given, not a hindrance but a source of long-term economic security? How would it organize itself, structure its industry, shape its consumption?

Across time and across cultures, people actually have adapted to ecological constraint. They have changed behavior; they have built...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026266190X
• ISBN13: 9780262661904
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher