King The State of the Planet

A Report Prepared for the International Federation of Institutes for Advanced Study (IFIAS), Stockholm
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4832-7940-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Web PDF

The State of the Planet provides an understanding of the problems that beset contemporary society. This book provides a series of significant studies on world problems, their complexity, and interaction. Organized into 11 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the problems of rapid population increase and the disparity between the rich and the poor countries of the world. This text then examines the major trends of society in various aspects, including rapid changes in the social, political, economic, and technological aspects. Other chapters consider the areas of interdependence between nations, between the problems they encounter in common, and between the disciplines of learning. This book discusses as well the political and social limits to man's achievements. The final chapter deals with the primary need to spread and deepen understanding of the difficulties and potential dangers within the world system. This book is a valuable resource for politicians, policy makers, and public servants.

Alex King is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University. He earned his doctorate from Oxford University and did his post-doc work at both Oxford University and MIT. He went on to join the faculty at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he also served as the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies (Dean of the Graduate School). He was the Head of the School of Materials Engineering at Purdue from 1999 to 2007. From 2008 until 2013 he was the Director of DOE's Ames Laboratory and became the Founding Director of the Critical Materials Institute from 2013 through 2018.Dr. King is a Fellow of the Institute of Mining Minerals and Materials; ASM International; and the Materials Research Society. He was also a Visiting Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 1996 and a US Department of State Jefferson Science Fellow for 2005-06. He served as the President of MRS in 2002, Chair of the University Materials Council of North America from 2006-07, Co-chair of the Gordon Conference on Physical Metallurgy in 2006, and Chair of the APS Interest Group on Energy Research and Applications for 2010. Dr. King was named the recipient of the 2019 Acta Materialia Hollomon Award for Materials and Society.Alex King delivered a TEDx talk on critical materials in 2013 and was the TMS & ASM Distinguished Lecturer on Materials and Society in 2017. He is currently a scientific adviser for Harvard's Material Alchemy (described as 'translating science into commercial products that use sustainable materials”) and a member of the Advisory Board of CHiMaD (the Center for Hierarchical Materials Design, funded by the Department of Commerce, and led by Northwestern University).

Autoren/Hrsg.

King, Alexander

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;The State of the Planet;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION;8
6;PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION;10
7;CHAPTER 1. THE DARKEST SHADOWS;14
8;CHAPTER 2. WORLD SOCIETY IN TRANSITION;18
8.1;1. GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY;18
8.2;2. GROWTH FOR GROWTH'S SAKE;19
8.3;3. GROWTH AND DISPARITY;20
8.4;4. THE GENERALIZATION OF EXPECTATIONS;21
8.5;5. THE PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY;22
8.6;6. SOME TRENDS AND ISSUES;23
8.7;7. TOWARDS ANOTHER KIND OF GROWTH;28
8.8;8. THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER—ILLUSION OR NECESSITY?;30
9;CHAPTER 3. AREAS OF INTERDEPENDENCE;32
9.1;INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE NATIONS;32
9.2;THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF PROBLEMS AND POLICIES;34
9.3;THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES;36
10;CHAPTER 4. THE RESOURCE BASE— THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE PLANET;39
10.1;1. CAPITAL FLOWS AND AVAILABILITY;39
10.2;2. THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD;42
10.3;3. RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;50
10.4;Summary of World Food Situation;59
10.5;Military Consumption of Resources;75
11;CHAPTER 5. ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE;77
11.1;MAIN TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS;78
12;CHAPTER 6. HUMAN RESOURCES— THE INNER LIMITS;87
12.1;POPULATION AND ITS DISTRIBUTION;88
12.2;HEALTH ACTIVITIES IN THE THIRD WORLD;90
12.3;EDUCATION;92
12.4;CULTURAL INTEGRITY AND DIVERSITY;95
13;CHAPTER 7. THE POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONSTRAINTS;97
14;CHAPTER 8. THE POTENTIALITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;104
14.1;SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETIES—SCIENCE POLICY;104
14.2;SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;108
14.3;THE TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS;114
15;CHAPTER 9. INDUSTRY AND EMPLOYMENT— THE NEXT REVOLUTION;117
15.1;THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES;118
15.2;INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL POLICIES;120
15.3;TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF INDUSTRY;121
15.4;EMPLOYMENT;123
16;CHAPTER 10. EMERGING PATTERNS OF CHANGE;126
17;CHAPTER 11. THE WAY AHEAD — SOME POINTERS TO SURVIVAL;130
17.1;(1) Information and Understanding;134
17.2;(2) World Solidarity;134
17.3;(3) World Watch;134
17.4;(4) The New International Economic Order;135
17.5;(5) Alternative Strategies and Policies;135
17.6;(6) The World Food Situation;135
17.7;(7) Population;136
17.8;(8) Energy and Materials;136
17.9;(9) Economic Growth;136
17.10;(10) Urban Problems;136
17.11;(11) Disarmament;137
17.12;(12) Research and Development;137
18;INDEX;140