Title Megatrends in global interaction / Bertelsmann Foundation (ed.)

Published Gütersloh : Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, [2012] ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (268 pages) : color illustrations Contents Introduction / Michael Mandelbaum -- Demographics and migration / Jack A. Goldstone -- Global security / Benjamin Wittes -- Biodiversity and climate change / Wolfgang Cramer, Katrin Vohland -- Energy and natural resources / Stephen P.A. Brown, Joel Darmstadter -- Economic globalization / Scott Barrett -- Global governance / Bruce D. Jones, with Andrew Hart -- Conclusion / Michael Mandelbaum Summary We inhabit an increasingly interconnected world. Yet too often policymakers and advisers view each issue in a vacuum, focusing primarily on short-term impacts. All of us, policymakers, local and global communities, and individual citizens, must begin to consider how the major trends that shape our world are likely to develop and how they will intersect and influence one another. This volume explores and discusses correlations between these global trends, or megatrends: global governance, demographic change and migration, energy and natural resources, global security, biodiversity, and economic globalization. The book's primary focus is to provide a qualitative overview of the trends, and to analyze their intersections and interdependencies in the 21st century. It aims to help define some of the complex challenges and exciting opportunities shaping a world of sustainable economies and societies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Globalization -- Forecasting Twenty-first century -- Forecasts. Population forecasting. Security, International -- Forecasting International economic integration -- Forecasting International relations -- Forecasting. Biodiversity conservation. Climatic changes -- Forecasting Natural resources -- Management. Energy consumption -- Forecasting. Biodiversity conservation Climatic changes -- Forecasting Energy consumption -- Forecasting International economic integration -- Forecasting International relations -- Forecasting Natural resources -- Management Population forecasting Security, International -- Forecasting Twenty-first century Genre/Form Forecasts Form Electronic book Author Bertelsmann Stiftung (Gütersloh, Germany), editor. ISBN 9783867934695 386793469X 9783867934701 3867934703 3867934347 9783867934343

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