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Inhabiting the earth as a finite world

An examination of the prospects of providing housing in a finite world in which prosperity is fairly shared, natural resources are not depleted, and the environment is protected

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. The dangers threatening mankind

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    Pages 1-11

  3. Systems approach as a research method

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    Pages 12-17

  4. Seeking general data for a dynamic world-model

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    Pages 18-51

  5. Basic elements of the building process

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    Pages 52-56

  6. Possibilities for quantitative analysis of housing: test cases

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    Pages 57-69

  7. The simulation model

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    Pages 70-89

  8. Designing within the limits

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    Pages 90-104

  9. The projects

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    Pages 105-137

  10. Conclusions and evaluation

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    Pages 138-140

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 141-163
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Since the 'sixties anxiety about the future of mankind has led to a number of major publications on the world's vital problems and the relationship be­ tween them, the best known being the reports to the Club of Rome. This study of the problems of providing living accommodation for a rapid­ ly growing world population, taking into account the limits that must be set to this growth, was started in 1973 at the Academy of Architecture and Erasmus University, Rotterdam, and testifies to the same anxiety. Inhabiting the Earth as a Finite World is the impressive result of a study of the consequences of meeting the just demand for good accommodation for all the earth's in­ habitants, worked out with the aid of a world model and a number of case studies. The value of models, especially very complex ones, is at present debatable. Nevertheless, they can often cast light on complex situations. The simplified form of the real situation, which every model in fact is, allows certain impli­ cations of decisions to be discerned and taken into account in planning. The comparison of the results of the study with the design process is a clear example of this.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Inhabiting the earth as a finite world

  • Book Subtitle: An examination of the prospects of providing housing in a finite world in which prosperity is fairly shared, natural resources are not depleted, and the environment is protected

  • Authors: Research group on living and surviving

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9254-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishing (English edition) 1979

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-018-7Published: 31 May 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-9256-6Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-9254-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 163

  • Topics: Economics, general

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