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

by Lester R. Brown

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853839702
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/2003
Edition description:	1
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

'Recommended for facts on trends with some solutions.' Fourth World Review

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