State of the world, 2001 : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress towards a sustainable society

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Title:

Author:

Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934-.

ISBN:

9780393048667

9780393320824

Publication Information:

New York : Norton, 2001.

Physical Description:

xx, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Rich planet, poor planet / Uncovering groundwater pollution / Eradicating hunger: a growing challenge / Deciphering amphibian declines / Decarbonizing the energy economy / Making better transportation choices / Averting unnatural disasters / Ending the debt crisis / Controlling international environmental crime / Accelerating the shift to sustainability

Subject Term:

Sustainable development.

Conservation of natural resources.

Economic development -- Environmental aspects.

Added Author:

Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934-.

Starke, Linda.

Added Corporate Author:

Worldwatch Institute.

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Summary

In State of the World 2001, the Worldwatch Institute's award-winning research team tackles the great challenge of our rapidly globalizing world: how to use our political systems to manage the difficult and complex relationships between the global economy and the Earth's ecosystems. The book provides concerned citizens and national leaders with a comprehensive analysis of threatening environmental trends--from the growing pollution of groundwater to the increasing toll of "unnatural" disasters to the effects of the developing world's staggering $2 trillion debt--and emerging solutions to turn those trends around.

Written in clear and concise language, with easy-to-read charts and tables, State of the World 2001 presents a view of our changing world that we, and our leaders, cannot afford to ignore.