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2009: Danilov-Danil’yan, Victor I., Losev, K.S., Reyf, Igor E.  Sustainable Development and the Limitation of Growth: Future Prospects for World Civilization. Ed. Donald Rapp. 

Transl. Vladimir Tumanov.  New York: Springer Praxis Books.       Google Book


           

"This timely, well-organized book provides intriguing insights into the 21st-century plight of the human-built and natural worlds. Danilov-Danil’yan and Losev (both, Russian Academy of Sciences) and Reyf (German journalist) argue that the direct dependence of people on critical ecosystem services requires … social, psychological, and economic trends that underpin the problem. The book’s six parts aptly reveal the breath and depth of the analysis … . Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries."

(P. R. Pinet, Choice, Vol. 46 (11), July, 2009)


Included in the American Library Association’s list of Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009

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Resorting to such fields as geology, biophysics, biology, history, politics, demography, economics and paleoanthropology, this study argues that humanity cannot continue to act as if it were exempt from the constraints governing the Earth’s biosphere. The greatest danger for us and all of life on the planet stems not so much from environmental pollution (although this is a considerable threat too), but from the destruction of natural ecosystems — especially deforestation. Using the Theory of Biotic Regulation, the authors demonstrate the role played by forests in maintaining the equilibrium of nature by pumping moisture from the oceans deep into the heart of continents. The book shows the manner in which human population growth has exerted untenable pressure on the biosphere and discusses the ideologies, as well as values, that have contributed to the current ecological and social crisis. The discussion is enriched by a thorough overview of the way in which ecology has developed as a science yielding the modern understanding of biospheric issues.



Russian Original   Перед главным вызовом цивилизации.  Москва, 2005 г.


Article on this book in Наука и жизнь  “АТЛАНТЫ ДЕРЖАТ НЕБО. НОВЫЙ ВЗГЛЯД НА ДВИЖУЩИЕ СИЛЫ КОНТИНЕНТАЛЬНОГО ВЛАГООБОРОТА” 9 (2008).       

English translation of article