State of the world 2000 : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society / project director, Lester R. Brown ; associate project directors, Christopher Flavin, Hilary French ; editor, Linda Starke; contributing researchers, Janet N Abramovitz [and others].
- Date:
- 2000
- Books
About this work
Description
State of the World 2000 sets out to show how sustainability can be achieved without lowering living standards. It is a valuable reference for students and the general reader on a range of social and natural science subject areas.
Publication/Creation
London : Earthscan, 2000.
Physical description
xix, 275 pages : illustrations ; c ; 24 cm
Contents
Challenges of the new century / Lester R. Brown -- Anticipating environmental "surprise" / Chris Bright -- Redesigning irrigated agriculture / Sandra Postel -- Nourishing the underfed and overfed / Gary Gardner and Brian Halweil -- Phasing out persistent organic pollutants / Anne Platt McGinn -- Recovering the paper landscape / Janet N. Abramovitz and Ashley T. Mattoon -- Harnessing information technologies for the environment / Molly O'Meara -- Sizing up micropower / Seth Dunn and Christopher Flavin -- Creating jobs, preserving the environment / Michael Renner -- Coping with ecological globalization / Hilary French.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-262) and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionHD75.6 2000B87sOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 185383680X
- 9781853836800