Lester R. Brown

The Earth Policy Reader (eBook, PDF)

Today's Decisions, Tomorrow's World

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134208340
• Artikelnr.: 39935436

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I: Economic Costs of Ecological Deficits - Deserts Invading China
Assessing the Food Prospect
Facing the Climate Challenge
Part II: Eco-Economy Indicators: Twelve Trends to Track
Part III: Eco-Economy Updates - Energy and Climate
Population and Health
Food, Land and Water
Forests, Fisheries and Disappearing Species
Ecological Economics
Bibliography
Notes
Index