Building on recent developments in social ecology, this book advances a new critical theory of society and nature, exploring social metabolism and global resource flows in contemporary society. Barriers to global sustainability are identified and conditions for transforming industrial economies towards new sustainable resource use are described.

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University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Karl Bruckmeier

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KARL BRUCKMEIER is Professor in Human Ecology in the School of Global Studies, Gothenberg University, Sweden.

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Book Title: Natural Resource Use and Global Change
Book Subtitle: New Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Social Ecology
Authors: Karl Bruckmeier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137303158
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-30060-6Published: 21 January 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33634-0Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-30315-8Published: 21 January 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 290
Topics: Environmental Politics, Environmental Philosophy, Environmental Policy, Environmental Sociology, Political Science, Sustainable Development

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