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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. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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. |
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| 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. |