Title of article
Sustainable biosphere: critical overview of basic concept of sustainability
Author/Authors
Svirezhev، نويسنده , , Yu.M and Svirejeva-Hopkins، نويسنده , , A.، نويسنده ,
Pages
15
From page
47
To page
61
Abstract
If we observe the evolution of different globalistic concepts from T. Malthus up to recent concepts such as the models of the Club of Rome and the sustainability suggested by the Brundtland commission, we can see that all the concepts are principally anthropocentric. For instance, the models of the Club of Rome, though differing by the levels of spatial and functional complexity, are first of all macro-economic models, including the biosphere processes as disturbances of global processes. On the other hand, we can consider the human society as a natural component of the biosphere. We can consider also the Biosphere (in accordance to Vernadsky V.I. (1926)(The Biosphere. Leningrad, Nauchtekhizdat (in Russian)) as an entity and study its reactions to human impact. Thus, we suggest the concept of coevolution of mankind and the biosphere as a further development and an alternative to sustainability. We try to show in this work how terms such as `limits to growthʹ, `sustainable developmentʹ can be understood. We try to analyse a few technocratic illusions and reveal some physical contradictions contained in the basis of some globalistic concepts.
Keywords
Thermodynamics approach , Biosphere , Global modelling , Sustainability
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
2035285
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