Vital Signs 1998: The Environmental Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

Janet N. Abramovitz, Lester R. Brown, Christopher Flavin, Michael Renner, Linda Starke (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

1998
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-31762-6 (ISBN)

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This annual volume from the Worldwatch Institute shows in graphic form the key trends that often escape the attention of the news media and world leaders--and that are often ignored by economic experts as they plan for the future. Written by the staff of the award-winning Worldwatch Institute, this book lets readers track key indicators that show social, economic, and environmental progress, or the lack of it. This authoritative data has been distilled from thousands of documents obtained from government, industry, scientists, and international organizations into forty-five "vital signs" of our times. Vital Signs 1998 presents up-to-the-minute information on such environmental and sustainable development topics as global temperature, population growth, fossil fuel use, grain production, and fish catch. Each trend is presented in both text and graphics, providing a thorough, well-documented, and very accessible overview. Vital Signs is an excellent companion volume to Worldwatch's highly acclaimed State of the World series.

Lester R. Brown is the founder of the Earth Policy and Worldwatch Institutes. He has been honored with numerous prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the United Nations Environment Prize, and twenty-five honorary degrees. He lives in Washington, D.C. Michael Renner, a senior researcher at Worldwatch, lives in New York City.

Reihe/Serie	Vital Signs
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 236 mm
Gewicht	343 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Arbeits- / Sozial- / Umweltmedizin
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10	0-393-31762-5 / 0393317625
ISBN-13	978-0-393-31762-6 / 9780393317626
Zustand	Neuware