Research Catalog

Title

Plan B 2.0 : rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble / Lester R. Brown.

Author

Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934-

Publication

New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2006.

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Details

Description

xii, 365 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

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.

Subjects

• Economic development > Environmental aspects
• Natural resources > Management
• Environmental policy > Economic aspects
• Milieubeleid
• Duurzame energie
• Duurzame ontwikkeling
• Natuurlijke hulpbronnen
• Wirtschaftsentwicklung
• Umweltpolitik
• Ressourcenpolitik
• Nachhaltigkeit
• Développement durable
• Aspects socio-économiques
• Ressources alimentaires
• Energies renouvelables
• Energies nouvelles
• Protection de l'environnement
• Economie de l'environnement
• Dégradation de l'environnement
• Epuisement des ressources

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Plan B : rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble. 1st ed. 2003.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-343) and index.

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 0393061620
• 9780393061628
• 0393328317
• 9780393328318

LCCN

2005031835

OCLC

• ocm62281890
• 62281890
• SCSB-14662452

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library