Overview
- Examines the existence of the problem of resource depletion that has been overlooked so far
- Investigates at a global level a problem involving the world which has never been seen before
- Uses an interdisciplinary global perspective on sustainability to offer new insights
Part of the book series: Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance (AGSMG)
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This book explores the topic of sustainability as one that is under much debate as to what it actually is and how it can be achieved, but it is completely evident that the resources of the planet are fixed in quantity, and once used, cannot be reused except through being reused in one form or another. This is particularly true of the mineral resources of the planet. These are finite in quantity, and once fully extracted, extra quantities are no longer available for future use. This book argues and presents evidencethat the remaining mineral resources are diminishing significantly and heading towards exhaustion. Once mined and consumed, they are no longer available for future use other than what can be recycled and reused.
This book demonstrates that future scarcity means that best use must be made of what exists, as sustainability depends upon this, and best use is defined as utility rather than economic value, which must be considered at a global level rather than a national level. Moreover, sustainability depends upon both availability in the present and in the future, so the use of resources requires attention to the future as well as to the present. This book investigates the alternative methods of achieving the global distribution of these mineral resources and proposes an optimum solution. This book adds to the discourse through the understanding of the importance of the depletion and finiteness of raw materials and their use for the present and the future, in order to achieve and maintain sustainability.
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Book Title: The World’s Future Crisis: Extractive Resources Depletion
Authors: Shahla Seifi
Series Title: Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6498-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6497-4Published: 05 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6500-1Published: 06 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-6498-1Published: 01 October 2021
Series ISSN: 2520-8772
Series E-ISSN: 2520-8780
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 195
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Management, Business Ethics, Environmental Economics, Corporate Environmental Management, Environmental Policy, Governance and Government