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9780393048483

State of the World 2000

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  • ISBN13:

    9780393048483

  • ISBN10:

    0393048489

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: NORTON W.W. & CO INC

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Summary

Discusses the great challenges our civilization faces: how to use our political systems to manage the difficult and complex relationships between the global economy and the Earths' eco- systems.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
List of Tables and Figures
xiii
Foreword xvii
Challenges of the New Century
3(19)
Lester R. Brown
Anticipating Environmental ``Surprise''
22(17)
Chris Bright
Redesigning Irrigated Agriculture
39(20)
Sandra Postel
Nourishing the Underfed and Overfed
59(20)
Gary Gardner
Brian Halweil
Phasing Out Persistent Organic Pollutants
79(22)
Anne Platt McGinn
Recovering the Paper Landscape
101(20)
Janet N. Abramovitz
Ashley T. Mattoon
Harnessing Information Technologies for the Environment
121(21)
Molly O'Meara
Sizing Up Micropower
142(20)
Seth Dunn
Christopher Flavin
Creating Jobs, Preserving the Environment
162(22)
Michael Renner
Coping with Ecological Globalization
184(19)
Hilary French
Notes 203(60)
Index 263

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