books by Joseph Tainter (supply-side proceedings prehistoric)

books by Joseph Tainter

books:

Supply-Side Sustainability
Timothy F. H. Allen, Joseph A. Tainter, ...

Columbia University Press, 2003

While environmentalists insist that lower rates of consumption of natural resources are essential for a sustainable future, many economists dismiss the notion that resource limits act to constrain modern, creative societies. The conflict between these views tinges political debate at all levels and hinders our ability to plan for the future. Supply-Side Sustainability offers a fresh approach to this dilemma by integrating ecological and ...

The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)

16 reviews
Joseph Tainter

Cambridge University Press, 1990

Utterly brilliant work of genius, joins Allott's Health of Nations
This is an utterly brilliant stunning work of genius. It begins with a comprehensive review of what appears to be every work in English relative to the topic being considered. The author has done a phenomenal job of both dissecting and then discussed the varied authors contributing to each of the following lists explanations for prior collapse of civilizations (from page 42): 1) Depletion or ...

Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest (Santa Fe Institute Studies in the ...
Joseph A. Tainter, Bonnie Bagley Tainter

Westview Press, 1995

Cultural behavior exhibits many of the features of complex adaptive systems, but is in some ways distinctive. Cultural complexity is enigmatic, improbable, and difficult to maintain. It constrains behavior, limits understanding of processes, and imposes economic burdens. The advantages of complexity are modified by human cognition and limited by economic and environmental costs. This book explores in detail how and why prehistoric Southwestern ...

The Way the Wind Blows

Columbia University Press, 2000

-- Robert W. Harms, Yale University

Ecology, Diversity And Sustainability Of The Middle Rio Grande Basin

1 review

Diane Pub Co, 2004

Ecology, Diversity & Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande
Synthesizes existing information on the ecology, diversity, human uses & research needs of the Middle Rio Grande Basin of New Mexico. Begins with a review of the environmental history & human cultures of the basin, followed by an analysis of the influences & problems of climate & water. Also focuses on ecological processes, environmental changes & management problems. Each chapter identifies ...