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GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND WORLD FUTURES: KNOWLEDGE, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY
Futures Studies
Global Governance
Globalization
Internet.
Macrohistory
Non-West
Politics of Knowledge
Scenarios
Social Change
Trends
World Systems
Alternative Futures
GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN KNOWLEDGE - SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES
commodification
globalisation
social change.
Knowledge
GLOBAL SCIENCE
global science
history of science
imperial science
risk management
sustainability
technology transfer
NON-WESTERN SCIENCE - MINING CIVILIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
algorithms
astronomy
biotechnology
civilizational knowledge
epistemology
ethno-biology
information technology
mathematics
medicine
meditation
metaphors
multivalued logic
new technologies
philosophy
psychology
renaissance
scientific revolution
south asia
transmissions
GLOBAL MANAGEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
communications
computers
economic development
electronic commerce
information society
information technology
networks
new media
social change
social studies of technology
TRANSFORMATIONS OF INFORMATION SOCIETY
communications
computers
economic development
electronic commerce
information society
information technology
networks
new media
social change
social studies of technology
FROM THE INFORMATION ERA TO THE COMMUNICATIVE ERA
alternative futures
communication
cyberspace
gaia of civilisations
information
postmodernity
BUILDING "REAL" AND "VIRTUAL" HUMAN COMMUNITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Gemeinschaft
Gesellschaft
Place
Space
Community
NAVIGATING GLOBALIZATION THROUGH INFO-DESIGN, AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING CYBERCULTURE
creativity
cyberculture
cyberspace
design
design education
dialogue
future
globalization
information technology
knowledge creation
networking
new actors
story-telling
sustainability
world-making skills
THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
bretton woods agreements
capitalism
change
china
consumption
counterhegemony
debt, dependence
digital economy
economic democracy
empowerment
europe
european union
exports
finance
flexibility
fordism
foreign direct investment
gender
general agreement on tariffs and trade
global civil society
global economy
globalization
gramscian critiques
hegemony
human development report
human rights
ideology
inequality
information and communication technologies
intellectual property rights
interdependence
international institutions
japan
knowledge
labour
literacy
market
mass consumption
mass production
media
mergers and acquisitions
methodology
migration
multinational corporation
neoliberalism
north
patent
policy
poverty
production
profit motive
rights
skill
south
state
state-centrism
symbolic consumption
technology
transnational corporation
us
wealth generation
work
world trade organization
MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
corporation
foreign investment
globalization
imperialism
international capital
labor-cost power
GLOBAL MOVEMENT OF LABOR
assimilation
family reunification
freedom of movement
human trafficking
human/migrant smuggling
illegal migration
integration
international migration
irregular migration
legal migration
networks
push and pull factors
receiving countries
regional migration
remittances
sending countries
settlement migration
temporary migration
undocumented migration
Internal migration
THE INTERNET AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
advertising
boundaries
change
civil society
cyberactivism
cyberspace
development
digital democracy
digital divide
digital economy
e-commerce
economic growth
email
finance
geopolitics
globalization
hypertext
indiginal mapping
inequality
information and communication technologies
information society
innovation
internationalism
internet
internet revolution
internet service provider (isp)
knowledge
listserve
market
media
modernization
multinational corporations
networking
nongovernmental organizations (ngos)
north/south relations
political economy
power
processes of globalization
public sphere
search engines
social transformation
speed
state
technological determinism
technology
transnationalism
virtual actors
virtual space
wealth
websites
wired world
women
world wide web
ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION
Eastern Europe
economic transition
former Soviet Union
economic policy
GLOBAL BUSINESS ETHICS
accountability
business
civil regulation
codes
corporate social responsibility
ethics
globalisation
reputation
standards
sustainable development
transparency
voluntary initiatives
GLOBALIZATION AS IF THE ENTIRE GLOBE MATTERED: THE SITUATION OF MINORITY GROUPS
anglo-saxon globalism
deprioritized government
deregulated labor
digital divide
discrimination
domination
economic nationalism
exclusion
financial liberalization
fiscal restraint
free trade
globalism
globalization
market liberalization
protectionism
racial and ethnic minorities
sovereignty
structural adjustment programs
STRATEGIES TO ERADICATE POVERTY: AN INTEGRAL APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT
basic necessities
consumer economy
consumption economy
cooperatives
decentralized economy
economic democracy
economic disparity
economic liberalism
economism
material poverty
material progress
neo-humanism
neo-liberal development
prout
psycho-economic exploitation
purchasing capacity
self-sufficiency
spiritual poverty
spiritual progress
sustainable development
NORTH-NORTH, NORTH-SOUTH, AND SOUTH-SOUTH RELATIONS
Debt Crisis
dependency
globalisation
liberalization
modernization
New International Economic Order
polarization
poverty.
stuctural adjustment
Development
WORLD FUTURES: TRENDS AND TRANSFORMATIONS IN STATE, EDUCATION AND CULTURAL ECOLOGY
crisis of perception
evolution of consciousness
social transformation
world order
world view
EPISTEMOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY IN THE STUDY OF THE FUTURE
alternative futures
chaos
complexity
epistemology
planning
policy studies
world futures
THE GRAND PATTERNS OF CHANGE AND THE FUTURE
alternative futures
civilization
episteme
macrohistory
theories of social change
MULTILAYERED SCENARIOS, THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND GLOBAL MODELS
complexity
global models
hierarchy
instability
paradigm or worldview
scenarios
scientific method
THE FUTURES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE WORLD SYSTEM
idealism
long view
realism
sovereignty
united nations reform
world government
GLOBALIZATION AND INFORMATION SOCIETY-INCREASING COMPLEXITY AND POTENTIAL CHAOS
chaos
complexity
evolutionary processes
information society
progress
Globalization
GLOBALIZATION, GENDER, AND WORLD FUTURES
ecology
futures
globalisation
inequity
scenarios
visions
Gender
NEO-HUMANISM, GLOBALIZATION, AND WORLD FUTURES
culture
decentralization
economic cooperatives
economic democracy
exploitation
globalization
party-less democracy
progressive economics
social activism.
social justice
world constitution
world government
Neo-Humanism
SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION: IMPERATIVES FOR A VIABLE FUTURE
authority
civilization
community
consciousness
critical literacy
critical spirituality
culture
discipline
diversity
dominator
ecology
economics
empiricism
enlightenment
environment
episteme
evolution
globalism
hegemony
humanism
learning modalities
managerialism
materialism
meditative empiricism
mentor
metaphor
microvita
modernism
myth
neo-humanism
prout
reproduction
social learning
spiritual rationality
spirituality
sustainability
tantra
technology
transdisciplinary
INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
awareness and education
dimensions of sustainable development
sustainable development
EARLY LOCALIZED ISSUES AFFECTING REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY - THE CASE OF ONTARIO, CANADA'S NIAGARA ESCARPMENT
conservation
cuesta
environmental protection
environmentally sensitive
headwaters
Niagara Escarpment
recreation corridor
sustainable development
watershed management plan
World Biosphere Reserve
accessibility rating
MALTHUS' ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION
birth control
birth rate
carrying capacity
death rate
demographic transition
demography
disease
famine
food supply
malthus
population
war
"THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS" BY GARRETT HARDIN, 1968
common property resources
common-pool resources
commons
garrett hardin
global commons
tragedy of the commons
BEYOND BRUNDTLAND: THE EVOLUTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1990S
ecological footprint
efficiency
natural capitalism
sustainable development
ecology
MOVING TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE CHINESE CONUNDRUM
conflict resolution
environmental degradation
gaia
life-support systems
paradigm
WORLD CONSERVATION STRATEGY OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES (IUCN)
iucn
national conservation strategy
regional conservation strategy
search conference
world conservation strategy
URBANIZATION
environment
governance
sustainable development
sustainable urbanization
urban centres
urbanization
GLOBALIZATION, INTERDEPENDENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
biodiversity
climate warming
cultural homogenization
economic integration
environment and trade
environmental space
environmental treaties
foodchains
global civil society
globalization
globalization
sustainability
sustainable development
technology transfer
the 'race to the bottom
trade agreements
transboundary pollution
NATURAL RESOURCE PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY
adaptive ecosystem management
balance in nature
biological diversity
bioregionalism
capture
ecoforestry
ecologically sustained yield
ecosystem health
ecosystem integrity
gifford pinchot
immutable mobile
john muir
mutable immobile
mutable mobile
natural services
non-renewability
normal forest
optimum sustained yield
property regimes
renewability
resourcism
sustained yield
traditional indigenous system
SUSTAINABILITY, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND THE INTERNET
communications
information
internet
knowledge
knowledge management
language
social class
sustainability
technology
THE POLITICS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
civil society
decision-making
dialogue
governance
multistakeholder processes
policy development
round tables
stakeholders
sustainable development
transdisciplinary networks of collaboration
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES AND SUSTAINABILITY
australian aborigines
cod fishery
cross-scaling
cultural capital
environmental vulnerability index
forest degradation
inuit
miombo woodland
newfoundland
north american hunter-gatherers
nunavut
recursive systems
resilience
small-island states
socio-ecology
structural adjustment
thailand
zambia
SUSTAINABILITY IN INTERNATIONAL LAW
agenda 21
brundtland report
customary international law
development
ecological limits
ecosystem approach
environmental law
fisheries
international agreements
international law
international organizations
marine living resources
maximum sustainable yield
natural resources
optimum utilization
rio declaration
stockholm declaration
sustainability
sustainable development
sustainable utilization
world Charter for Nature
LAW AND SUSTAINABILITY: THE CANADIAN CASE
administrative tribunals
agencies
Cabinet
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
class actions
Constitution
courts
departments
environmental registries
environmental rights
globalization
governance
legislatures
ministries
nuisance
Parliament
private law
private prosecutions
public law
rule of law
subsidies
sustainable development
tort
treaties
sustainability
CARRYING CAPACITY AND SUSTAINABILITY: WAKING MALTHUS GHOST
collapse
ecological deficit
ecological footprint
ecological holism
entropy
environmental space
expansionism
human load
limits to growth
Malthusian dilemma
natural capital
neoclassical economics
oil production peak
overshoot
paradigm
patch disturbance
petroleum
population
sustainable development
thermodynamic law
worldview.
Carrying capacity
EGALITARIAN PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY
ecological footprints
efficiency
employment
energy and materials use
environmental justice
environmental policy
environmental politics
environmental space
equity
gender
globalization
jobs and the environment
labor and environment
north-south
social class
sufficiency
sustainability
sustainable development
taxation
BIOREGION, ECO-POLIS, AND ECO(NOMIC)-FEDERATION: LEFT - LIBERTARIAN MODELS OF SUSTAINABILITY
anarchism
anarchocommunalism
anarchocommunism
anarcho-individualism
anarchosyndicalism
bioregionalism
capitalism
centralism
collectivism
community
critical ecofeminism
decentralism
deep ecology
direct democracy
ecolibertarianism
economic democracy
ecoregionalism
ecosocialism
ecotechnologies
federation
globalization
hierarchy
human-scale
individualism
industrialism
labor
left-libertarianism
liberalism
libertarian confederalism
libertarian municipalism
libertarian socialism
libertarianism
monoculture
mutualism
naturalism
neoliberalism
neo-Luddism
participatory democracy
permaculture
polyculture
populism
post-Fordism
primitivism
renewable energy
representative democracy
self-management
social anarchism
social ecology
socialism
sustainability
sustainable democracy
sustainable development
unions
workers councils
Anarchy
FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY
androcentrism
antimilitarism
caring economy
dualism
ecofeminism
environmental justice
environmental privatization
feminist ecological economics
gender division of labor
logic of domination
oikos
patriarchy
postmodernism
subsistence perspective
wed
wedo
womens action agenda 21
PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
agenda 21
bellagio principles
biosphere
development
ecology
economics
education
ethics
forecasting
global awareness
governance
growth
human behavior
human needs
leadership
operating principles
philosophy
politics
population growth
psychology
purposeful change
quality of life
selective continuity
social learning
survival
sustainability
technology
trend analysis
world commission on environment and development
HIERARCHICAL LEVELS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES
behavior
capabilities
complexity
development
economics
environment
ethics
externalities
future
governance
growth
hierarchical analysis
leadership
lobbyists
metadisciplinary
modeling
perceptual bias
political theory
psychology
shadow markets
sustainable development principles
systems science
technology
threat perception
tolerance
trend analysis
values
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
conservation
environmental economics
market failure
natural resource management
public policy
sustainability
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
barriers
carrying capacity
fruition
open-cycle structures
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL INDUSTRY
development
eco-efficiency
globalization
guidelines
industry
sustainability
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND LOCAL INDUSTRY
local industry
sustainable process development
sustainable product development
sustainable smes
INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
decision-making
economy
environment
indicators
social justice
sustainable development
RESOURCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
complexity
deliberative democracy
diversity
ecodevelopment
environmental functions
future generations
globalization
governance
indicators
information society
integrated assessment
intergenerational equity
intrinsic value
knowledge
natural capital
post-normal science
property rights
quality assurance
reciprocity
stakeholders
uncertainty
valuation
worldwideweb
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE CAPITAL
intertemporal distribution rules
natural capital
natural resources
renewable resources
sustainable development
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE CAPITAL
basic needs
capital accumulation
children
crime
developing economies
economic scarcity
education
gender
human resource capital
inequality
population
sustainability
technological progress
women
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCE CAPITAL
capital vintage
clean development mechanisms
coevolution
infrastructure
institutional lock-in
socioeconomics
technology change
technology lock-in
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF FINANCIAL RESOURCE CAPITAL
bank's governance
credit rationing
debt
dependent economy
emerging markets
financial deepening
intergenerational transfers
macroeconomic equilibrium
micro-credit
poverty
public finance
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCE CAPITAL
infrastructure capital
institutions
prospective volition
prudence principle
purposes of the future
DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
concepts and criteria
distributive justice
intragenerational
resources
INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ETHICS ISSUES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
deliberative democracy
ethical dimensions
ethics issues
human rights
intergenerational equity
john stuart mill
sustainable development
INTRAGENERATIONAL EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ETHICS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
property rights
symbolic reciprocity
unequal ecological distribution
ethics in sustainable development
SUSTAINABILITY, RISK, AND PROTECTION
perception
self-insurance.
self-protection
valuation
Risk
ASSESSING HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
risk characterization
dose-response estimation
exposure assessment
hazard identification
HUMAN AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO ENDOGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
endogenous risk
human capital
risk
self-protection
MANAGING FINANCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RISK, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
actuarially fair gamble
call option
put option
risk-return relationship
strike price
underlying security
Financial securities
INTELLECTUAL AND KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT LOCAL, NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL LEVELS
concentration
firms
foresight
icts
intangibles
intellectual capital
knowledge capital
learning society
national innovation system
new economy
sustainable development
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
altruism
deprivation
envy
gender
human development
inequity
justice
poverty
social capital
social development
social income
social indicators
social sustainability
survey
targeted allocation
universal allocation
vulnerability
CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
culture
deculturation
ethnic identity
indigenous peoples
informal economy
local knowledge
multi-cultural societies
north-south
progress
self-determination
tradition
FUNCTIONALISM VERSUS CONSUMERISM DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
climate change
consumer demand
consumerism
functionalism
life support system
market mechanism
sustainable management
ECOSYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
critical natural capital
deliberation
ecosystems
environmental functions
governance
indeterminacy
indicators
knowledge quality assurance
nature
open systems
post-normal science
pressure-state-response
satellite accounts
uncertainty
valuation
NATURAL NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
natural resources
non-renewable resources
resource depletion
sustainable development
technological change
WATER-BASED LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
alchemy
aquatic ecosystems
common wealth
cycles
degradation
elements
environmental functions
environmental security
governance
ice
oceans
pollution
rivers
salt
seas
water
ENERGY-BASED LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
energy consumption and social development.
energy intensity
energy resources
environmental impacts
organization of the energy supply sector
technological change
Sustainable energy use
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
abundance
agriculture
carrying capacity
consumer
developed
developing
distribution
economy
farming
food
food security
green
green revolution
hunger
industrial
inequity
institutions
nations
natural capital
organic
peasant
population growth
poverty
satiety
social
social trap
structures
sustainability
technology
values
HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
human settlements
sustainable development
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
codification
coordination
deliberative process
information
innovation
knowledge
knowledge-based economy
organization
social appropriation
sustainable development
tacit
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
behaviour rationality
developmentalism
economic and financial sustainability
financial crises
globalization
human capital
human development
liberalization
stabilization
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT: INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
communication system
information
knowledge
knowledge quality assessment
web linkages.
information technology
INSTITUTIONAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
climate change
development
energy use
environmental quality
health
infrastructure
institution
knowledge system
life support system
modeling
planning
resource use
stakeholders
transportation
urban systems
well-being
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS (ISO 9000 AND ISO 14000) DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE
continuous improvement
environmental auditing
environmental labeling
environmental management system
international standard
international standard organization
iso 14000
iso 9000
life cycle analysis
ROLE OF PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
accidents
availability.
environmental impact
failures
maintainability
performance engineering
quality
reliability
risk
safety
Sustainable development
SUMMARY PRINCIPLES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
complementary approaches for sustainable development
models
natural capital
principles
WEAK AND STRONG SUSTAINABILITY
human capital
amenity values
economic growth
endogenous technical progress
man-made capital
natural resources
pollution
strong sustainability
substitutability
utilitarianism
weak sustainability
ENDOGENOUS GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT
endogenous growth
natural capital
qualitative growth.
technical change
weak sustainability
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY
business strategy
cleaner technologies
competitiveness
eco-efficient innovation
end-of-pipe technologies
environmental management
industrial ecology
life-cycle management
organization
LEGAL ISSUES AND INCENTIVES FOR SUSTAINABILITY
duties
incentive compatibility
institutions
no rights
privilege
property regimes
rights
THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
agricultural development
demographic transition
energy
green revolution
population growth
Last Update: 8 May 2008
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