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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820307203321

Autore

Speth James Gustave

Titolo

Red sky at morning : America and the crisis of the global environment / / James Gustave Speth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, Conn. ; ; London, : Yale University Press, 2004

ISBN

9786611722043

1-281-72204-9

0-300-12832-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 329 pages)

Collana

Yale Nota bene

Disciplina

363.700973

Soggetti

Global environmental change

Environmental protection

Globalization - Environmental aspects

Environmental policy - United States

Environmental protection - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With a new afterword on global change."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue: 1980 -- Part One. Environmental Challenges Go Global . . . -- 1. A World of Wounds -- 2. Lost in Eden -- 3. Pollution and Climate Change in a Full World -- Part Two. . . . And the World Responds -- 4. First Attempt at Global Environmental Governance -- 5. Anatomy of Failure -- Part Three. Facing Up to Underlying Causes -- 6. Ten Drivers of Environmental Deterioration -- 7. Globalization and the Environment -- Part Four. The Transition to Sustainability -- 8. Attacking the Root Causes -- 9. Taking "Good Governance" Seriously -- 10. The Most Fundamental Transition of All -- Afterword -- Resources for Citizens -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- For Further Reading: A Bookshelf -- Index.