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The five horsemen of the modern world : climate, food, water, disease, and obesity /

In recent decades, we have seen five perilous and interlocking trends dominate global discourse: irreversible climate change, extreme food and water shortages, rising chronic illnesses, and rampant obesity. Why can?t we make any progress in counteracting these problems, despite vast expenditures of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Callahan, Daniel, 1930-2019 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Our overheating, fraying planet
  • Feeding a growing population : how, and with what kind of food?
  • Water : not everywhere and not always fit to drink
  • Chronic illness : rich or poor, few escape
  • Obesity : the scourge of bad diets and sedentary habits
  • Always more people and ever more elderly : caring and paying
  • The technology fix : a way out?
  • A volatile mix : public opinion, the media, and shaping policy
  • Law and governance : managing our public planet and our private bodies
  • Progress and its errant children : more is never enough
  • The necessary coalition : social movements, legislatures, business.