Green Plans : Blueprint for a Sustainable Earth.
Title:
Green Plans : Blueprint for a Sustainable Earth.
Author:
Johnson, Huey D.
ISBN:
9780803252325
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (228 pages)
Series:
Our Sustainable Future
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Defining the Problem and Its Solution -- Chapter One: A Commitment to Change -- Chapter Two: Sustainability: A Modern Odyssey -- Chapter Three: Health Plus Environment Equals Security -- Chapter Four: A Green Plan Predecessor: California's Investing for Prosperity Program -- Part II: Assessing Green Plans in Action -- Chapter Five: The Netherlands -- Chapter Six: New Zealand -- Chapter Seven: Toward a Sustainable Singapore -- Chapter Eight: European UnionEnvironmental Policy -- Afterword to the Third Edition -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
"Green plans" are the most effective strategies yet developed for moving from industrial environmental deterioration to postindustrial sustainability. In this definitive overview of green plans today, Huey D. Johnson provides a detailed and accessible examination of their theory, implementation, and performance across the globe, highlighting the challenges and successes of green plans in the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Austria, the United Kingdom, Germany, the rest of the European Community, and Singapore. Green plans will serve future generations as models of creative collaboration between government and business. This revised and updated edition features new information on green plans globally and a new afterword by the author.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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