Green plans [[electronic resource] ] : blueprint for a sustainable earth / / Huey D. Johnson ; with a new afterword by the author

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451826803321
• Autore: Johnson Huey D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-24138-5; 9786611241384; 0-8032-5232-3
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Collana: Our sustainable future
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetti: Environmental policy; Sustainable development; Green movement; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A commitment to change -- Sustainability: a modern odyssey -- Health plus environment equals security -- A green plan predecessor: California's investing for prosperity program -- The Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Toward a sustainable Singapore -- European Union environmental policy.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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 collaborat