The Earth Policy Reader: Today's Decisions, Tomorrow's World - Couverture souple

Brown, Lester R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853839701 ISBN 13 : 9781853839702

Editeur : Earthscan, 2003

Synopsis

In this study, the award-winning environmental analyst Lester Brown and his colleagues have charted progress in building the eco-economy - an economy in harmony with the Earth's ecosystems, not undermining them. This edition of the biennial reader highlights 12 key trends, from population growing by 80 million annually, to ice melting, to the boom in use of solar cells. It explains, for example, why wind-generated electricity is emerging as the foundation of the new post-fossil fuel energy economy. It also specifically investigates China's desertification problem, the issues surrounding food production, and the challenge of controlling climate change. Drawing on research and analysis by the Earth Policy Institute, the reader monitors the shift from the old economy to the new.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lester R. Brown described by the Washington post as 'one of the world's most influential thinkers' is President of the Earth policy Institute and founder and former President of the Worldwatch Institute. Janet Larsen and Bernie Fischlowitz-Roberts are both Researchers at the Earth Policy Institute.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Earthscan
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853839701
• ISBN 13: 9781853839702
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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