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What Would Nature Do?
A Guide for Our Uncertain Times
Buch von Ruth Defries
Sprache: Englisch

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Not long ago, the future seemed predictable. Now, certainty about the course of civilization has given way to fear and doubt. Raging fires, ravaging storms, political upheavals, financial collapse, and deadly pandemics lie ahead--or are already here. The world feels less comprehensible and more dangerous, and no one, from individuals to businesses and governments, knows how to navigate the path forward. Ruth DeFries argues that a surprising set of time-tested strategies from the natural world can help humanity weather these crises. Through trial and error over the eons, life has evolved astonishing and counterintuitive tricks in order to survive. DeFries details how a handful of fundamental strategies--investments in diversity, redundancy over efficiency, self-correcting feedbacks, and decisions based on bottom-up knowledge--enable life to persist through unpredictable, sudden shocks. .
Not long ago, the future seemed predictable. Now, certainty about the course of civilization has given way to fear and doubt. Raging fires, ravaging storms, political upheavals, financial collapse, and deadly pandemics lie ahead--or are already here. The world feels less comprehensible and more dangerous, and no one, from individuals to businesses and governments, knows how to navigate the path forward. Ruth DeFries argues that a surprising set of time-tested strategies from the natural world can help humanity weather these crises. Through trial and error over the eons, life has evolved astonishing and counterintuitive tricks in order to survive. DeFries details how a handful of fundamental strategies--investments in diversity, redundancy over efficiency, self-correcting feedbacks, and decisions based on bottom-up knowledge--enable life to persist through unpredictable, sudden shocks. .
Über den Autor
Ruth DeFries is University Professor and Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Columbia University. She is a recipient of the MacArthur ¿Genius¿ Fellowship and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Her books include The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis (2014).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Prologue
1. The Dragons Are Back
2. Recovery from a Crash: Install Circuit Breakers
3. Hedges for Bets: Invest in Diversity
4. Mind the Net: Defend Against Cascading Failure
5. One Size Fits No One: Make Decisions from the Bottom Up
6. Cycles of Renewal
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 264
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780231199421
ISBN-10: 0231199422
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Defries, Ruth
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Columbia University Press
Maße: 225 x 149 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Ruth Defries
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2020
Gewicht: 0,442 kg
preigu-id: 118233665
Über den Autor
Ruth DeFries is University Professor and Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Columbia University. She is a recipient of the MacArthur ¿Genius¿ Fellowship and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Her books include The Big Ratchet: How Humanity Thrives in the Face of Natural Crisis (2014).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Prologue
1. The Dragons Are Back
2. Recovery from a Crash: Install Circuit Breakers
3. Hedges for Bets: Invest in Diversity
4. Mind the Net: Defend Against Cascading Failure
5. One Size Fits No One: Make Decisions from the Bottom Up
6. Cycles of Renewal
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 264
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780231199421
ISBN-10: 0231199422
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Defries, Ruth
Besonderheit: Unsere Aufsteiger
Hersteller: Columbia University Press
Maße: 225 x 149 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Ruth Defries
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2020
Gewicht: 0,442 kg
preigu-id: 118233665
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