292
Thin film solar cells (TFSC), 241
Three-dimensional (3D) models, 31, 32
Timbering, 55
Tipping point, 53
Tisza River, 152, 153
Touchscreen technologies, 94
Toxic and carcinogenic chemicals, 85
Traffic networks, 103
Trans-Amazonian Highway, 106
Trans Genic Organisms (TGOs), 127
Transforming Our World 2030, 231, 232, 244
Transnational companies, 208
Transocean Company, 143
Triple Bottom Line (TBL), 233
Tropospheric ozone, 202
Ttransnational companies, 208
Tuff eruption, 65
Two-dimensional system models, 30
U
Ultra violet (UV) radiation, 199
UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), 7
Unemployment, 231, 241
UN-Habitat City Prosperity Index, 117
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development,
95
United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), 176
Universal Soil Loss Equation, 122
Uranium mining, 86, 88, 90
Urban climate, 111
Urban heat islands (UHI), 111
Urbanisation, 107
US Energy Information Administration, 97
US Geological Society, 97
US Geological Survey, 91, 135
V
Vehicles driven, 81
Vienna Convention (1985), 187
Virtual connectivity, 256
Virtual water trade, 206
Volcanic explosivity index (VEI), 62
Volcanism
active, 61
ash clouds, 63
beneficial and destructive effects, 61
destruction and construction, 61
destruction effect, 62
devices, 67
effects on life, 61
environmental effects, 65
eruptions
aerial view, 64
factors, 62
size, 62
explosion, 63
explosive, 62
investigations, 62
lava producing, 63
legumes, 67
magma generation, 67
mega-rises, 60
methane, 68
mountain, 63
sediments, 67
sustainable development, 74
temperature, 66
unfavourable effects, 66
VEI, 62
Volga River, 152
W
Wars
alien/menial, 215
causes, 214
civil, 216
disarmament, 217
economic crisis, 214
ethnic groups, 214
humanity, 213
immeasurable damage, 215
nuclear, 215
radiation effects, 215
victims, 213
Waste gas, 55
Waste material, 55
Water vapour, 188
Weak sustainability, 3
White boxes, 30
World Commission on Environment and Development, 6
World Committee on Environment and Development of
the UN (WCED), 2
World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC), 168
World models, 32, 42
group, 32
of Meadows, 42–47
model versions/scenarios, 43
normal world model, 43
parameters, 42
raw materials, 42
social world model, 49
society, 42
systemized data, 42
variables, 42
World Summit on Sustainable Development, 7
Worldwatch Institute programme, 131
World Wide Web, 24, 26, 27
World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), 168
Y
Yahoo.com, 24
Yellowcake, 90
Z
Zoological Society of London (ZSL), 168
Index