Resources Society and the Future
A Report Prepared for the Swedish Secretariat for Futures Studies By
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1980
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Authors: Tomas Bertelman, Ernst Hollander, Carl-Axel Olsson
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 2 3 2 6 6 - 9
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 2 6 1 3 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 5 8 5 5 - 6
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Request a sales quoteResources, Society and the Future is a report on resources and raw materials and their implications for the future of the Swedish society. This report aims to create a framework for a continuous dialogue in Sweden between the general public and their political representatives, the scientific world and interest groups of all kinds. Two debates in Sweden are considered, one of them centering on national interests, that is, Sweden's needs for industrial production and exports, and the other concerning long-term questions of human survival (environment, resource base, and questions of equity between industrialized and developing countries). This book is comprised of seven chapters and begins by outlining the motives for a futures study of resources and raw materials, followed by an explanation of what resources and raw materials mean, along with a general description of the volume of raw materials produced and consumed worldwide. Subsequent chapters focus on the global demand and supply of resources; energy and raw materials in Sweden; and aims and means of a raw materials policy. Instruments of a raw materials policy and measures to reduce the use of scarce raw materials and to increase the supply of raw materials are discussed, along with the relationship between the environment and the supply of raw materials. This monograph will be a valuable resource for policymakers concerned with energy and natural resources and their impact on society.
Foreword
Preface
1 Motives for a Futures Study of Resources and Raw Materials
Introduction
Background to the Study of Resources and Raw Materials
History of a Debate
2 Resources and Raw Materials Defined
Introduction
The Physical Foundations of the Resource Concept
The Classification of Natural Resources
Cognitive Foundations of the Resource Concept
Resources and Mineral Reserves
Raw Materials
The Declining Share of the Primary Sectors of the Economy in Employment and Production
Measuring the Importance of Raw Materials
Raw Materials - Value
Classification by Needs
Distribution - An Important Basis of Assessment
International Dependence
Qualitative Aspects and the Importance of Raw Materials
3 Global Demand
Introduction
Forecasting Demand for Raw Materials
Population Development
GNP Growth
Demand for Raw Materials
Summary
4 Global Supply
Agriculture
Forestry
Fisheries
Minerals
Growing Energy and Pollution Problems
Increasing Difficulties in Mobilizing Reserves
Interstate Cartels
Political Events
Summary
5 Resources in a Long-Term Perspective
Introduction
The Time Perspectives
Foodstuffs per Capita
Natural Resources
Pollution
Will Technical Solutions Be Found?
What Sort of Technology?
Costs
Risks as an Element of Cost
System Sensitivity as a Cost
Costs in the Form of the Conceivable Impact of Technology on Social and Economic Structure
Costs in the Form of Reduced Quality of Life
6 Sweden and Raw Materials
Sweden's Raw Materials Profile
Two Perspectives on Sweden in about 1990
Alternative World Environments
Some Long-Term Factors with a Bearing in Demand for Raw Materials
Environmental Consideration
Will Sweden's Raw Materials Supplies Be Adequate?
Energy and Raw Materials
The Environment and the Supply of Raw Materials
Imports of Raw Materials
7 Aims and Means of a Raw Materials Policy
Introduction
Raw Materials Policy and Priorities
Resource Restrictions
The Dominant Economic Goals and Raw Materials Policy
Raw Materials Policy and Goals Differing from Those Traditionally Dominant
Instruments of a Raw Materials Policy
Measures to Reduce the Use of Scarce Raw Materials
Measures to Increase the Supply of Raw Materials
Measures to Secure Supplies
Long-Range Planning Perspectives
Summary
Appendices
1. the Secretariat for Futures Studies - Organization
2. Interim Reports and Other Background Material Compiled in the Course of the ROR Study
3a. Politics and Raw Materials in an International Perspective - Summary of a Study by Tomas Bertelman
3b. Non-Renewable Raw Materials
3c. The Substitution of Resources
4. Statistics
5. List of Figures and Tables
Subject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1980
- No. of pages (eBook): 208
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780080232669
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483126135
- eBook ISBN: 9781483158556
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