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The earth policy reader / Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts.

Title
The earth policy reader / Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts.
Author
Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934-
Publication
New York : Norton, c2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Fischlowitz-Roberts, Bernie.
  • Larsen, Janet (Environmentalist)
  • Earth Policy Institute.
Description
xvi, 303 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
"In scores of countries, converging ecological deficits are undermining local economies on a scale that has no precedent. In The Earth Policy Reader, Lester R. Brown and his colleagues examine the economic costs of these ecological deficits"--Back cover.
Subjects
Note
  • "Earth Policy Institute".
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-303)
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The economic costs of ecological deficits. Deserts invading China ; Assessing the food prospect ; Facing the climate challenge -- Eco-economy indicators: twelve trends to track -- Eco-economy updates. Energy and climate ; Population and health ; Food, land, and water ; Forests, fisheries, and disappearing species ; Ecological economics.
ISBN
0393324060
OCLC
50778708
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library