Earth Report 2000

by Bailey, Ronald

• ISBN13: 9780071342605
• ISBN10: 0071342605
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-22
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

Aimed at general-interest readers, this lively collection calmly and accurately assesses the ecological state of our planet. 42 illustrations.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Dedication: Julian Simon--An Appreciation	p. xiii
Introduction: Thinking Clearly	p. xvii
The Progress Explosion: Permanently Escaping the Malthusian Trap	p. 1
How Do We Know the Temperature of The Earth? Global Warming and Global Temperatures	p. 23
Doing More with Less: Dematerialization--Unsung Environmental Triumph?	p. 41
World Population Prospects for the Twenty-First Century: The Specter of "Depopulation"?	p. 63
Fishing for Solutions: The State of the World's Fisheries	p. 85
Soft Energy Versus Hard Facts: Powering the Twenty-First Century	p. 115
Richer Is More Resilient: Dealing with Climate Change and More Urgent Environmental Problems	p. 155
Endocrine Disruptors: New Toxic Menace?	p. 189
Biological Diversity: Divergent Views on Its Status and Diverging Approaches to Its Conservation	p. 203
Benchmarks: The Global Trends That Are Shaping Our World	p. 237
Endnotes	p. 311
Index	p. 351
Acknowledgments	p. 363
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