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
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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

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-262) and index.

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.

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    HD75.6 2000B87s
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ISBN

  • 185383680X
  • 9781853836800