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Main Title Plan B 2.0 : rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble /
Author Brown, Lester R. ; Brown, Lester Russell
Publisher W.W. Norton & Co.,
Year Published 2006
OCLC Number 62281890
ISBN 0393061620; 9780393061628; 0393328317; 9780393328318
Subjects Environmental policy--Economic aspects ; Natural resources--Management ; Economic development--Environmental aspects ; Epuisement des ressources ; Dégradation de l'environnement ; Economie de l'environnement ; Protection de l'environnement ; Energies nouvelles ; Energies renouvelables ; Ressources alimentaires ; Aspects socio-conomiques ; Développement durable ; Natuurlijke hulpbronnen ; Duurzame ontwikkeling ; Duurzame energie ; Milieubeleid ; Nachhaltigkeit--(DE-588)4326464-5 ; Ressourcenpolitik--(DE-588)4177874-1 ; Umweltpolitik--(DE-588)4078523-3 ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung--(DE-588)4066438-7 ; Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified		 Checkout
Status
EIAM  HC79.E5B7595 2006 Region 2 Library/New York,NY 08/11/2006
EKBM  HC79.E5B7595 2006 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 04/13/2007
ESAM  HC79.E5B7595 2006 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 01/27/2006
Edition 1st ed.
Collation xii, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Revised edition of: Plan B : rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble. 1st ed. 2003. Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-343) and index.
Contents Notes
Entering a new world -- I: Civilization in trouble -- Beyond the oil peak -- Emerging water shortages -- Rising temperatures and rising seas -- Natural systems under stress -- Early signs of decline -- II: The response--Plan B -- Eradicating poverty, stabilizing population -- Restoring the earth -- Feeding seven billion well -- Stabilizing climate -- Designing sustainable cities -- III: An exciting new option -- Building a new economy -- Plan B: Building a new future. Provides alternative solutions to such global problems as population control, emerging water shortages, eroding soil, and global warming, outlining a detailed survival strategy for the civilization of the future.