Main Title |
High noon : twenty global problems, twenty years to solve them / |
Author |
Rischard, J. F.
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Publisher |
Basic Books, |
Year Published |
2002 |
OCLC Number |
49285424 |
ISBN |
0465070094 (alk. paper); 9780465070091 (alk. paper); 9780465070107 (pbk.); 0465070108 (pbk.) |
Subjects |
Environmental degradation ;
Global environmental change ;
Environmental protection ;
Sociale problemen ;
Milieuverontreiniging ;
Internationale aspecten ;
Bewèaltigung ;
Internationale Kooperation ;
Weltwirtschaftskrise ;
Environmental degradation ;
Environmental protection ;
Global environmental change
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ERAM |
GE140.R57 2002 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
10/04/2002 |
ESAM |
GE140.R57 2002 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
06/24/2013 |
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Collation |
xii, 241 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-226) and index. |
Contents Notes |
J.F. Rischard, vice-president for Europe of the World Bank, offers his suggestions for solving twenty of the most urgent global problems of the 21st-century. It's Not Globalization, Stupid -- Two Big Forces -- Stretching the Planet to the Limit: The Demographic Explosion -- Doing Everything Differently: The New World Economy and the Two Revolutions Behind It -- Why the New World Economy Is So Radically Different -- The Opportunities and Stresses of the New World Economy -- A Crisis of Complexity? -- Three New Realities -- High Noon--for Twenty Urgent Global Issues -- A Dangerous Gap -- A Bad Feeling in Your Stomach: Unsolved Global Issues -- Twenty Global Issues, Twenty Years to Solve Them -- Inherently Global Issues -- Sharing Our Planet: Issues Involving the Global Commons -- Sharing Our Humanity: Issues Requiring a Global Commitment -- Sharing Our Rule Book: Issues Needing a Global Regulatory Approach -- Thinking Aloud--New Approaches to Global Problem-Solving -- No Pilot in the Cockpit -- Current Ways of Handling Global Issues Aren't Up to the Job -- No Chance for a World Government -- Pointers Towards Solutions: Networked Governance -- Global Issues Networks -- Good Things About Global Issues Networks -- Controversial Aspects -- Stepping Back: Other Solutions Besides Global Issues Networks -- Conclusion: Imagination and a Different Type of Thinking. |