State of the World 2000 A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Towards a Sustainable Society

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ISBN13:
9780393319989
ISBN10:
0393319989
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2000-01-17
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

This annual survey by the award-winning Worldwatch Institute is written in clear and concise language and features easy-to-read charts and tables.

Acknowledgments

vii

List of Tables and Figures

xiii

Foreword

xvii

Challenges of the New Century

(19)

Lester R. Brown

Anticipating Environmental ``Surprise''

(17)

Chris Bright

Redesigning Irrigated Agriculture

(20)

Sandra Postel

Nourishing the Underfed and Overfed

(20)

Gary Gardner

Brian Halweil

Phasing Out Persistent Organic Pollutants

(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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