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| Main Title | Plan B : rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble / | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Author | Brown, Lester R. ; Brown, Lester Russell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Norton, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 52998575 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 039305859X; 9780393058598; 0393325237; 9780393325232 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Population. ; Carbon dioxide--Environmental aspects. ; Water-supply. ; Environmental economics. ; Economie de l'environnement. ; Distribution de l'eau. ; Changement climatique. ; Aspects socio-conomiques. ; Ressources alimentaires. ; Politique nutritionnelle. ; Bevolkingsdruk. ; Natuurlijke hulpbronnen. ; Milieuverontreiniging. ; Duurzame ontwikkeling. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Edition | 1st ed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collation | xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-272) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | A planet under stress -- Emerging water shortages -- Eroding soils and shrinking cropland -- Rising temperatures and rising seas -- Our socially divided world -- Plan A : Business as usual -- Raising water productivity -- Raising land productivity -- Cutting carbon emissions in half -- Responding to the social challenge -- Plan B : Rising to the challenge. Plan B is a way of sustaining economic progress worldwide, an alternative to continuing environmental deterioration and eventual economic decline by stabilizing the population and climate before these issues spiral out of control. |