DocumentCode
2154374
Title
The tragedy of the global commons: dynamic aspects of a knowledge ecology and sociocultural entropy
Author
Zessner, Walter W.
Author_Institution
George Brown Coll., Toronto, Ont., Canada
fYear
1995
fDate
8-10 Jun 1995
Firstpage
20
Lastpage
31
Abstract
Contemporary misuse of resources is repeating on a massive scale in the global village “the tragedy of the commons” that once afflicted English villages. Why is the planet vandalized by diverse ecological degradations? In this simplified overview even small scale resource depletions are included to have a significant impact on primitive cultures, impelling migration, violent conflict and cultural extinction. Environmental protection to preserve and sustain dwindling resources has emerged as a modern concern. To discern an underlying dynamic for such an ideational and ecological entropy suggests the development of a model as a synthesis and meta-analytic approach (once envisaged as a vital cybernetic objective)
Keywords
ecology; economics; environmental factors; natural resources; social sciences; cultural extinction; cybernetics; ecological degradations; ecological entropy; environmental protection; global village; knowledge ecology; meta-analytic approach; model; natural resources; resource depletions; sociocultural entropy; synthesis approach; Biological system modeling; Cultural differences; Degradation; Educational institutions; Entropy; Environmental economics; Environmental factors; Planets; Power generation economics; Protection;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory, 1995. Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Interdisciplinary Conference., Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3365-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/KTSC.1995.569150
Filename
569150
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