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Limits to Growth

Donella H. Meadows, Dennis Meadows and others

  • 207 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1972
  • 18 editions
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1 About this book

Limits to Growth, a study of the patterns and dynamics of human presence on earth, pointed toward environmental and economic collapse within a century if "business as usual" continued. In 1972, the book's findings sparked a worldwide controversy about the earth's capacity to withstand constant human and economic expansion.

More than 40 years later, with more than 10 million copies sold in 28 languages, this "little book with powerful ideas" endures as a touchstone for anyone seeking to understand the complex relationships underlying today's global environmental and economic trends.

  • Economic development
  • Environmental aspects
  • Human ecology
  • Economic history
  • Social history
  • Ecology
  • Economic development, environmental aspects
  • Environmental policy

2 About Donella H. Meadows

1941–2001

Donella Hager "Dana" Meadows (March 13, 1941 – February 20, 2001) was an American environmental scientist, educator, and writer. She is best known as lead author of the books The Limits to Growth and Thinking In Systems: A Primer.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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