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The state of the planet : a report /
The State of the Planet.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1980.
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| Edición: | 1st English ed. |
| Colección: | Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The State of the Planet; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; CHAPTER 1. THE DARKEST SHADOWS; CHAPTER 2. WORLD SOCIETY IN TRANSITION; 1. GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY; 2. GROWTH FOR GROWTH'S SAKE; 3. GROWTH AND DISPARITY; 4. THE GENERALIZATION OF EXPECTATIONS; 5. THE PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY; 6. SOME TRENDS AND ISSUES; 7. TOWARDS ANOTHER KIND OF GROWTH; 8. THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER-ILLUSION OR NECESSITY?; CHAPTER 3. AREAS OF INTERDEPENDENCE; INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE NATIONS.
- THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF PROBLEMS AND POLICIESTHE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THE SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES; CHAPTER 4. THE RESOURCE BASE- THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE PLANET; 1. CAPITAL FLOWS AND AVAILABILITY; 2. THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD; 3. RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; Summary of World Food Situation; Military Consumption of Resources; CHAPTER 5. ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE; MAIN TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; CHAPTER 6. HUMAN RESOURCES- THE INNER LIMITS; POPULATION AND ITS DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH ACTIVITIES IN THE THIRD WORLD; EDUCATION; CULTURAL INTEGRITY AND DIVERSITY.
- Chapter 7. the political and administrative constraintschapter 8. the potentialities and limitations of science and technology; science and technology in industrialized societies-science policy; science, technology and the developing countries; the transnational corporations; chapter 9. industry and employment- the next revolution; the new technologies; industrial and technological policies; technological trends and their influence on world distribution of industry; employment; chapter 10. emerging patterns of change; chapter 11. the way ahead
- some pointers to survival.
- (1) Information and Understanding(2) World Solidarity; (3) World Watch; (4) The New International Economic Order; (5) Alternative Strategies and Policies; (6) The World Food Situation; (7) Population; (8) Energy and Materials; (9) Economic Growth; (10) Urban Problems; (11) Disarmament; (12) Research and Development; INDEX.