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CRASH ECOLOGIQUE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
DEF

A scenario in which the efforts of various types of actors to stem rising human and environmentally-generated conflict do not succeed, with ecological collapse resulting.

OBS

crash: a sudden fall, collapse, or ruin, especially of business or a business enterprise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
CONT

Le krach écologique aura lieu en 2030! Le front climatique, le front énergétique, le front de la croissance et le front démographique vont se télescoper exactement à la même date. Le changement climatique est une dérive sans retour.

OBS

krach : débâcle boursière. Par extension : débâcle financière. De l'allemand : effondrement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Sociología industrial y económica
CONT

La cultura argárica [...] desapareció por una mala gestión de sus recursos naturales. El colapso ecológico tuvo mucho que ver con la deforestación a la que sometieron a una zona que ya sufría de aridez y en la que los incendios fueron una constante.

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