Ondergang
Waarom zijn sommige beschavingen verdwenen en hoe kan de onze haar ondergang voorkomen? - Druk 1
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Brilliant and immensely absorbing, this book is destined to become essential reading, addressing the urgent question of how to avoid ecological disaster. Following his million-copy bestseller, the author explores the reasons behind the collapse of great civilizations and the lessons we can learn from their downfalls. Through captivating historical narratives, he examines societies from the Polynesian cultures of Easter Island to the Anasazi and Maya civilizations, and the Viking colony in Greenland. Key factors in these collapses included environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, and poor political decisions. However, some societies managed to find solutions and endure. Today, we face similar challenges, as seen in the disasters of Rwanda and Haiti, while countries like China and Australia seek innovative responses. Despite our society's wealth and political power, troubling signs are emerging even in ecologically stable regions like Montana. This compelling examination of past civilizations serves as a crucial reminder of the need for sustainable practices to ensure our future.
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Ondergang, Jared Diamond, C. M. P. Sýkora
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- Titel
- Ondergang
- Untertitel
- Waarom zijn sommige beschavingen verdwenen en hoe kan de onze haar ondergang voorkomen? - Druk 1
- Sprache
- Niederländisch
- Autor*innen
- Jared Diamond, C. M. P. Sýkora
- Verlag
- Het Spectrum
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2005
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 702
- ISBN10
- 9027498636
- ISBN13
- 9789027498632
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Sozialwissenschaften, Historisches Thema, Geschichte, Wissenschaft & Mathematik, Politikwissenschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft, Ökologische Thematik, Soziologie, Geschenke für Opa, Ökologie, Anthropologie, Gegenwart, Zivilisation, Selbstversorgung, Globale Probleme, Überbevölkerung, Zusammenbruch der Zivilisation
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 2005
- Originaltitel
- Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
- Bewertung
- 3,95 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Brilliant and immensely absorbing, this book is destined to become essential reading, addressing the urgent question of how to avoid ecological disaster. Following his million-copy bestseller, the author explores the reasons behind the collapse of great civilizations and the lessons we can learn from their downfalls. Through captivating historical narratives, he examines societies from the Polynesian cultures of Easter Island to the Anasazi and Maya civilizations, and the Viking colony in Greenland. Key factors in these collapses included environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, and poor political decisions. However, some societies managed to find solutions and endure. Today, we face similar challenges, as seen in the disasters of Rwanda and Haiti, while countries like China and Australia seek innovative responses. Despite our society's wealth and political power, troubling signs are emerging even in ecologically stable regions like Montana. This compelling examination of past civilizations serves as a crucial reminder of the need for sustainable practices to ensure our future.