Design for a Vulnerable Planet

by Frederick R. Steiner

We inhabit a vulnerable planet. The devastation caused by natural disasters such the southern Asian tsunami, Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, and the earthquakes in China's Sichuan province, Haiti, and Chile--as well as the ongoing depletion and degradation of the world's natural resources caused by a burgeoning human population--have made it clear that "business as usual" is no longer sustainable. We need to find ways to improve how we live on this planet...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292723857
• ISBN13: 9780292723856
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.7" x 11.3"