| Main Title |
The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world / |
| Author |
Lomborg, Bjorn, ;
Lomborg, Bj rn
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| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Year Published |
2001 |
| OCLC Number |
45618321 |
| ISBN |
0521804477; 9780521804479; 0521010683; 9780521010689 |
| Subjects |
Global environmental change ;
Pollution ;
Human ecology ;
Changement climatique ;
Ecologie humaine ;
Economie de l'environnement ;
Milieuvraagstuk ;
Milieuverandering ;
Bewertung ;
Humanèokologie ;
Umweltschaden ;
Umweltverschmutzung ;
Bewertung--(DE-588)4006340-9 ;
Humanèokologie--(DE-588)4026152-9 ;
Umweltschaden--(DE-588)4117286-3 ;
Umweltverschmutzung--(DE-588)4186812-2
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| EIAM |
GE149.L65 2001 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
01/17/2003 |
| EJBM |
GE149.L65 2001 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
12/29/2014 |
| EJDM |
GE149.L65 2001 |
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Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD |
07/30/2004 |
| EKBM |
GE149.L65 2001 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
08/02/2002 |
| ELBM |
GE149.L65 2001 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
01/13/2010 |
| EOAM |
GE149.L65 2001 |
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Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
02/08/2002 |
| ERAM |
GE149.L65 2001 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
07/24/2014 |
| ESAM |
GE149.L65 2001 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
03/08/2002 |
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| Collation |
xxiii, 515 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-505) and index. |
| Contents Notes |
PART I: THE LITANY: Things are getting better -- Why do we hear so much bad news? -- PART II: HUMAN WELFARE: Measuring human welfare -- Life expectancy and health -- Food and hunger -- Prosperity -- Conclusion to Part II; Unprecedented human prosperity -- PART III: CAN HUMAN PROSPERITY CONTINUE? : Are we living on borrowed time? -- Will we have enough food? -- Forests: are we losing them? -- Energy -- Non-energy resources -- Water -- Conclusion to part III; Continued prosperity -- PART IV: POLLUTION: DOES IT UNDERCUT HUMAN PROSPERITY? : Air pollution -- Acid rain and forest death -- Indoor air pollution -- Allergies and asthma -- Water pollution -- Waste: running out of space? -- Conclusion to part IV: The pollution burden has diminished -- PART V: TOMORROW'S PROBLEMS: Our chemical fears -- Biodiversity -- Global warming -- PART VI: THE REAL STATE OF THE WORLD: Predicament or progress? Bjorn Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace, challenges widely held beliefs that the global environment is progressively getting worse. Using statistical information from internationally recognized research institutes, Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental issues and documents that the global environment has actually improved. Throughout the book, his sources are fully referenced, allowing discerning readers to investigate the facts used to support his argument. Lomborg criticizes the way many environmental organizations make selective and misleading use of scientific data to influence decisions about the allocation of limited resources. Written by a nonpartisan, independent thinker, The Skeptical Environmentalist is a useful corrective to the more alarmist accounts favored by green activists and the media. |
| Place Published |
Cambridge ; New York |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c2001 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
00068915 |
| Merged OCLC records |
48066095; 317893834; 779897336; 786343312; 801047885; 841943449; 885298371; 890078053; 895132917; 902772470; 904793085; 907882099; 908821365; 912496561; 964904936; 1006450651; 1022622130; 1055439214; 1164540479; 1164540707 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20141222112309 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
05326cam 22009854a 45020 |
