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03423aam a2200433 i 4500 001 4D47FAC6328C11EEBDD4A74441ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230804010037 008 221207s2023 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022043184 020 $a 0231208650 020 $a 9780231208659 020 $a 0231208642 020 $a 9780231208642 035 $a (OCoLC)1354526257 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d MFS $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a GF75 C635 2023 100 1 $a Cohen, Steven, $d 1953 September 6- $e author. 245 10 $a Environmentally sustainable growth : $b a pragmatic approach / $c Steven Cohen. 250 $a First Edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xxii, 216 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Defining and understanding environmental sustainability -- The current state of environmental degradation -- The fundamental causes of environmental degradation -- A strategy for reducing pollution and growing a renewable resource-based economy -- Building public sector infrastructure to support environmental sustainability -- Changing the politics and communication of environmental sustainability -- Conclusion: The long transition to environmental sustainability is already underway. 520 $a "Those of us in the developed world have a far greater environmental impact than people in the developing world, but there is great political pressure in the developing world to increase material wealth. And that political pressure will lead to increased environmental impacts. Our political stability and security depend on the maintenance of material wealth where it exists and economic growth where people are poor. But to achieve those goals, we must learn how to construct a high throughput economy that does not destroy our planet's ecosystems. This is the major theme of this book: How do we realistically get from the current economic paradigm to one that permits economic growth while protecting the planet's ecosystems? To achieve the transition to environmental sustainability, we must undertake the following five actions: 1. Research, measure and understand the current state of environmental degradation. 2. Understand the causes of environmental degradation. 3. Develop a strategy for reducing pollution and growing a renewable-resource-based economy. 4. Build public sector infrastructure to support environmental sustainability. 5. Change the politics, advocacy, and communication of environmental sustainability"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Nature $x Effect of human beings on. 650 0 $a Sustainable development $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a Environmental policy $x Economic aspects. 650 0 $a Infrastructure (Economics) $x Environmental aspects. 650 0 $a Green technology $x Technological innovations. 650 0 $a Environmental degradation $x Prevention. 650 0 $a Environmental ethics. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Cohen, Steven, 1953 September 6- $t Environmentally sustainable growth $b First Edition. $d New York : Columbia University Press, [2023] $z 9780231557535 $w (DLC) 2022043185 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517010926.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230907012242.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4D47FAC6328C11EEBDD4A74441ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search