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CONTENTS
PART I. PRINCIPLES
THE PROBLEMS
What should be done?
The Limits to Growth
Beyond the Limits
A comparison
What next?
THE GOALS
Growth, quantity, stress
Ideas, culture, education
Agreements and laws
Work
Public income
Public expenditure
The material environment
The new life style
THE SOLUTIONS
Centralised decisions
The plan
Legislation
THE ZEBRA
Opposition to change
Evil technology
Evil power
Alienation
The zebra …
… its white stripes
… and its black stripes
POLITICS AND LEGISLATION
The importance of the non-material
The content of politics
Decision-making
Supranational legislation
Law enforcement
Upbringing and education
THE TASKS
The sacrifice
Nature protection
Food and forests
Energy
Recycling
Transport
Data communication
Eco-villages and eco-towns
Manpower
THE ALTERNATIVES
Phasing-out technology?
The path of gradualism
The case of the car
The megamachine
Why Europe?
PART II. THE PLAN
PEOPLE
THE POPULATION OF EUROPE
Eco-disaster and population
Future population policy
Changes in land use
NATURE
THE PROTECTION OF SPECIES
The value of biodiversity
Inventorying species
Protective measures
Species interrelationships
The case of Baton Blue and the Greater Meadow Rue
A species charter
Protected area categories
THE PROTECTION OF AREAS
What to protect – species or areas?
Integrated conservation areas
Existing conservation areas
The larger mammals
The green corridor
On-going initiatives
FOOD
ANIMAL-BASED FOODS
The food spectrum
The case of Holland
Detrimental aspects
Land use solutions
PLANT-BASED FOODS
Consumption
Production
Detrimental aspects
The mechanisation of farming
Regional division of production
Food production and the towns
GREENHOUSES AND FISHING
Greenhouse farming
Fishing
WOOD
FOREST STEWARDSHIP
The value of forests
Forest management methods
Forest growth and volumes
Forest reserves
The location of forests
The plan for land use
PAPER AND TIMBER
The importance of wood
Wood as paper
Wood as sawn timber
Wood processing
Alternative uses of wood
The consumption of wood and paper
Sawn timber or paper?
The impact of change
Urgent measures
ENERGY
FOSSIL FUELS
The greenhouse effect
Purification of combustion gases
Europe’s coal balance
The case of Poland
An end to coal burning
Chip-fired power plants
Fuelwood in Europe
NUCLEAR ENERGY
The share of nuclear power
Traditional nuclear power stations
Breeder reactors
Fusion reactors
ELECTRIC POWER
Hydroelectric power
Energy saving
Savings analysis
Social changes
Technological changes
Product saving
NEW FORMS OF ENERGY
The structure of new power stations
Wind turbines
Thin film solar cells
Single crystal cells
Wet solar cells
Underground pipelines
The price of energy
Energy storage
The energy plan
THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS
Recycling strategies
Packages
Machines and equipment
Buildings
Recycling and transportation
RECYCLING METALS
The nature of metals
Metal alloys
Recycling systems
Recycling today
RECYCLING PLASTICS
Polymers
Problems
Manufacture of plastics
Recycling models
Diverse uses of plastics
Biodegradable plastics
MINERAL AGGREGATES
The nature of mineral aggregates
Recycling requirements
Recycling buildings
Technical details
Effects on architecture
Old building stock
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Knowledge in production
Public databanks
Electronic exchanges
Knowledge in machines
Teleworking and virtual reality
Key role of knowledge
DATA COMMUNICATION
Development of data communications
Terminals
Polymedia applications
Pocket communicators
Network throughput
Telephone exchange criteria
Terminal criteria
The significance of data communications
ARTERIAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC
Replacement of air traffic
High speed railways
Present situation
Rendezvous technology
Local feeder services
Integrate rail services
Problems
Local service connections
CAPILLARY PASSENGER TRAFFIC
Hegemony of the car
Cybercabs
The cybercab system
Connections to the arterial traffic system
Construction of the cybercab
Urgent measures
MUSCLE TRANSPORT
GOODS TRAFFIC
Linking factories together
Electronic markets
Pipeline network
Oversize shipments
Special consignments
European pipeline network
Realities
ECO-VILLAGES
Salient features of eco-villages
Size of the eco-village
Movement
Energy
Food
Services
Building
Work and money in the village
Linking villages to each other
OLD VILLAGES
The majority of old villages
What should be changed?
Passenger traffic
Data communication
Water circulation
Goods pipeline
Waste pipeline
Production areas
Town planning and buildings
Planning changes and regulations
Improving the environment
Everyday life
ECO-CITIES
Are eco-cities possible?
Water
Purification techniques and the missing link
Food management and sewers
Goods and trade
Changes in passenger traffic
Energy and information
Town support areas
The nature of change
City life
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