1. Introduction / John M. Polimeni, Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi -- 2. Historical overviews of the Jevons paradox in the literature / Blake Alcott -- 3. The Jevons paradox : the evolution of complex adaptive systems and the challenge for scientific analysis / Mario Giampietro and Kozo Mayumi...

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Historical Overview of the Jevons Paradox in the Literature; 3 The Jevons Paradox: The Evolution of Complex Adaptive Systems and the Challenge for Scientific Analysis; 4 Empirical...

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