State of the world, 2001 : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society /

In this volume, the Institute's research team takes a fresh look at the most difficult challenge the world faces: how to build an environmentally sustainable economy before we do permanent damage to the natural systems that support our global civilization. From the thinning of the Arctic sea ic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934- (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Worldwatch Institute
Otros Autores: Starke, Linda (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2001.
Temas:
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Conservation of natural resources.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement.
Développement durable.
Conservation des ressources naturelles.
sustainable development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rich planet, poor planet / Christopher Flavin
  • Uncovering groundwater pollution / Payal Sampat
  • Eradicating hunger: a growing challenge / Lester R. Brown
  • Deciphering amphibian declines / Ashley Mattoon
  • Decarbonizing the energy economy / Seth Dunn
  • Making better transportation choices / Molly O'Meara Sheehan
  • Averting unnatural disasters / Janet N. Abramovitz
  • Ending the debt crisis / David Malin Roodman
  • Controlling international environmental crime / Hilary French and Lisa Mastny
  • Accelerating the shift to sustainability / Gary Gardner.

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