State of the World 2015

We think we understand environmental damage: pollution, water scarcity, a warming world. But these problems are just the tip of the iceberg. Food insecurity, financial assets drained of value by environmental damage, and a rapid rise in diseases of animal origin are among the underreported consequen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Worldwatch Institute (Autor), SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:State of the World,
Temas:
Environment.
Environmental Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Seeds of Modern Threats \ Michael Renner
  • 2. Energy, Credit, and the End of Growth \ Nathan John Hagens
  • 3. The Trouble with Growth \ Peter A. Victor and Tim Jackson
  • 4. Avoiding Stranded Assets \ Ben Caldecott
  • 5. Mounting Losses of Agricultural Resources \ Gary Gardner
  • 6. The Oceans: Resilience at Risk \ Katie Auth
  • 7. Whose Arctic Is it? \ Heather Exner-Pirot. - 8. Emerging Diseases from Animals \ Catherine C. Machalaba, Elizabeth H. Loh, Peter Daszak, and William B. Karesh
  • 9. Migration as a Climate Adaption Strategy \ Françios Gemenne
  • 10. Childhood's End \ Tom Prugh.

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