State of the world 2015 : confronting hidden threats to sustainability /

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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gardner, Gary T., 1958- (Autor, Director de Projecto), Prugh, Tom (Autor, Director de Projecto), Renner, Michael, 1957- (Autor, Director de Projecto)
Autor Corporativo: Worldwatch Institute (sponsoring body.)
Otros Autores: Mastny, Lisa (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2015]
Colección:State of the world ; 2015.
State of the world library.
Temas:
Sustainability.
Sustainable development.
Environmental policy.
Durabilité de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale.
sustainable development.
environmental policy.
Climate change.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Environmental policy
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction ; The seeds of modern threats / Michael Renner
  • Emerging issues ; Energy, credit, and the end of growth / Nathan John Hagens
  • The trouble with growth / Peter A. Victor and Tim Jackson
  • Avoiding stranded assets / Ben Caldecott
  • Mounting losses of agricultural resources / Gary Gardner
  • The oceans : resilience at risk / Katie Auth
  • Whose Arctic is it? / Heather Exner-Pirot
  • Emerging diseases from animals / Catherine C. Machalaba, Elizabeth H. Loh, Peter Daszak, and William B. Karesh
  • Migration as a climate adaptation strategy / Fraṅois Gemenne
  • Conclusion ; Childhood's end / Tom Prugh.

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