Long-term trends and a sustainability transition

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Jul 8;100(14):8062-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1231331100. Epub 2003 Jun 26.

Abstract

How do long-term global trends affect a transition to sustainability? We emphasize the "multitrend" nature of 10 classes of trends, which makes them complex, contradictory, and often poorly understood. Each class includes trends that make a sustainability transition more feasible as well as trends that make it more difficult. Taken in their entirety, they serve as a checklist for the consideration of global trends that impact place-based sustainability studies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Agriculture / trends
  • Animals
  • Commerce / trends
  • Conservation of Natural Resources / statistics & numerical data
  • Conservation of Natural Resources / trends*
  • Ecosystem
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Human Rights / trends
  • Humans
  • Income / trends
  • Life Expectancy / trends
  • Oceans and Seas
  • Population Dynamics
  • Poverty / trends
  • Social Change
  • Technology / trends
  • Trees
  • Warfare
  • Water Supply