Attitudes to death and the future changing our thinking

Futures

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Gregory, Robert J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; MORTALITY TRENDS; PUBLIC ATTITUDES;

EID: 0031872831     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-3287(98)00007-X     Document Type: Article

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27. For an excellent discussion of the search and struggle for sustainability, the special issue of Futures, 26(2) 1994, is highly recommended. Obviously sustainability is a preferred choice for us all, but the vision appears to be receding as the reality of overpopulation, environmental damage, and other threats to survival grow.