Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: The Approaching Summit -- 1: Introduction to the Way Down -- 2: The Present Condition -- 3: Intellectual Views of the Future -- Part 2: System Principles -- 4: The Ways of Energy and Materials in all Systems -- 5: Pulsing and the Growth Cycle -- 6: Real Weath and the Economy -- 7: Spatial Organization -- 8: Population and Wealth -- Part 3: Poliices for Transition and Descent -- 9: The Golbal Network -- 10: Energy Sources -- 11: Sustaining a Nation -- 12: Sustaining People -- 13: Starting Down -- 14: Reorganizating Cities -- 15: Restoring Waters -- 16: Refreshing the Landscape -- 17: Transmitting Knowledge -- 18: Preparing People -- 19: Summary for Action -- Notes -- References Cited -- Index.