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RECORD NUMBER: 49 OF 68Main Title | Plan B : rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble / | ||||||||||||||||
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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. |