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Plan B : rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble / Lester R. Brown.
2003
B 79 BRO.P
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Title
Plan B : rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble / Lester R. Brown.
Author
Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934- author.
Brown, Lester Russell, Agronomist, United States, 1934 -
Brown, Lester Russell, Agronomist, United States, 1934 -
Description
xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN
039305859X
9780393058598
0393325237 paperback
9780393325232 paperback
9780393058598
0393325237 paperback
9780393325232 paperback
Alternate Call Number
B 79 BRO.P
Summary
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.
Note
Donated to the Library. A publication of WW Norton & Company and the Earth Policy Institute. Table of Contents : 1. A planet under stress I : A civilization in trouble 2. Emerging water shortages 3. Eroding soils and shrinking cropland 4. Rising temperatures and rising seas 5. Our socially divided world 6. Plan A : business as usual II : The response : Plan B 7. Raising water productivity 8. Raising land productivity 9. Cutting carbon emissions in half 10. Responding to the social challenge III : The only option 11. Plan B : rising to the challenge Notes Index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-272) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
Series
Published
New York : Norton, c2003.
Language
English
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Earth Policy Institute (wash.)
Earth Policy Institute,.
Earth Policy Institute,.