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The middle path : avoiding environmental catastrophe / Eric Lambin ; translated by M.B. DeBevoise.
In The Middle Path, noted geographer Eric Lambin provides a concise, readable summary of the present state of the environment and considers what must be done if environmental catastrophe is to be avoided. Finding merit in the arguments of both optimists and pessimists, Lambin argues that it is not too late to exploit the inherent tendency toward equilibrium of large-scale systems such as the earths̕ environment. By relying upon a combination of remedies as global as international cap-and-trade emission treaties and as local as municipal programs promoting the use of bicycles rather than cars, it may yet be possible to rescue humanity from a potentially fatal crisis of its own making.
Based on rigorous scientific analysis, and strikingly free of ideological prejudice, The Middle Path presents a fresh view of our troubled future, brilliantly balancing tough-minded realism with humanitarian ideals of cooperation and ingenuity.
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- ISBN: 9780226468532
- ISBN: 0226468534
- Physical Description: x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- The acceleration of planetary change -- Mankind and its environment -- The mechanisms of environmental degradation -- The causes of environmental change -- Ecological degradation or restoration -- The nature of environmental change -- Solutions.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | GE 149 .L36 2007 | 274118 | Stacks | In transit | - |
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