Addressing tipping points for a precarious future

Tipping points are thresholds of profound changes in natural or social conditions with considerable (largely unforecastable) consequences. This book explores the scientific, economic social, and spiritual and creative approaches to identifying and anticipating tipping points so that societies can ad...

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Corporate Author: British Academy
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press 2013, 2013
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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