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• ISBN: 9780393071030
• ISBN: 0393071030
• ISBN: 9780393337198
• ISBN: 0393337197
• Physical Description: xiv, 368 pages ; 25 cm
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, ©2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Earth Policy Institute."

Previous edition: published as Plan B 3.0. 2008.

"Substantially revised"--Cover.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Selling Our Future: Food The Weak Link, The Emerging Politics of Food Scarcity, Our Global Ponzi Economy, Mounting Stresses Failing States, Plan B-A Plan to Save Civilization -- Population Pressure Land and Water: Civilization's Foundation Eroding, Water Tables Falling, Farmers Losing Water to Cities, Land and Water Conflicts, Cars and People Compete for Grain, The Rising Tide of Environmental Refugees -- Climate Change and the Energy Transition: Rising Temperatures and Its Effects, Melting Ice Rising Seas, Melting Glaciers Shrinking Harvests, Rising Temperatures Falling Yields, The Decline of Oil and Coal, A Challenge Without Precedent -- Stabilizing Climate An Energy Efficiency Revolution: A Revolution in Lightening Technology, Energy-Efficient Appliances, Zero-Carbon Buildings, Electrifying the Transport System, A New Materials Economy, Smarter Grids Appliances and Consumers, The Energy Savings Potential -- Stabilizing Climate Shifting to Renewable Energy: Turning to the Wind, Solar Cells and Thermal Collectors, Energy from the Earth, Plant-Based Sources of Energy, Hydropower: Rivers Tides and Waves, The World Energy Economy of 2020 -- Designing Cities for People: The Ecology of Cities, Redesigning Urban Transport, The Return of Bicycles, Reducing Urban Water Use, Farming in the City, Upgrading Squatter Settlements, Cities for People -- Eradicating Poverty and Stabilizing Population: Educating Everyone, Toward a Healthy Future, Stabilizing Population, Rescuing Failing States, A Poverty Eradication Agenda and Budget -- Restoring the Earth: Protecting and Restoring Forests, Planting Trees to Sequester Carbon, Conserving and Rebuilding soils, Regenerating Fisheries, Protecting Plant and Animal Diversity, The Earth Restoration Budget -- Feeding Eight Billion People Well: Raising Land Productivity, Raising Water Productivity, Producing Protein More Efficiently, The Localization of Agriculture, Strategic Reductions in Demand, Action on Many Fronts -- Can We Mobilize Fast Enough?: Shifting Taxes and Subsidies, Coal The Beginning of the End, Stabilizing Climate, Three Models of Social Change, A Wartime Mobilization, Mobilizing to Save Civilization, What You and I Can Do.

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Subject:

Environmental policy > Economic aspects.
Natural resources > Management.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.

Genre:

Nonfiction.