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The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world / Bjørn Lomborg.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Danish Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Description: xxiii, 515 pages ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780521010689 (pbk.) :
  • 9780521804479 (hbk.) :
  • 0521010683
Uniform titles:
  • Verdens sande tilstand. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.7 LOM
LOC classification:
  • GE149 .L65 2001
Contents:
Part I: The litany -- 1.Things are getting better -- 2.Why do we hear so much bad news -- Part II: Human welfare -- 3.Measuring human welfare -- 4.Life expextancy and health -- 5.Food and hunger -- 6.Prosperity -- 7.Conclusion to Part II: unprecendented human prosperity -- Part III: Can human prosperity continue -- 8.Are we living on borrowed time? -- 10.Forests - are we losing them? -- 11.Energy -- 12.Non-energy resources -- 13.Water -- 14.Conclusion to Part III: continued prosperity -- Part IV: Pollution: does it undercut human prosperity? -- 15.Air pollution -- 16.Acid rain and forest death -- 17.Indoor air pollution -- 18.Allergies and asthma - 19.Water pollution -- 20.Waste: running out of space? -- 21.Conclusion to Part IV: the pollution burden has diminished -- Part V: Tomorrow\'s problems -- 22.Our chemical fears -- 23.Biodiversity -- 24.Global warming -- Part VI: the real state of the world.
Summary: This text challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author examines a range of major environmental problems that feature prominently in headline news across the world.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 333.7 LOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 209624
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 333.7 LOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 119928
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 333.7 LOM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 119929

Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-505) and index.

Part I: The litany -- 1.Things are getting better -- 2.Why do we hear so much bad news -- Part II: Human welfare -- 3.Measuring human welfare -- 4.Life expextancy and health -- 5.Food and hunger -- 6.Prosperity -- 7.Conclusion to Part II: unprecendented human prosperity -- Part III: Can human prosperity continue -- 8.Are we living on borrowed time? -- 10.Forests - are we losing them? -- 11.Energy -- 12.Non-energy resources -- 13.Water -- 14.Conclusion to Part III: continued prosperity -- Part IV: Pollution: does it undercut human prosperity? -- 15.Air pollution -- 16.Acid rain and forest death -- 17.Indoor air pollution -- 18.Allergies and asthma - 19.Water pollution -- 20.Waste: running out of space? -- 21.Conclusion to Part IV: the pollution burden has diminished -- Part V: Tomorrow\'s problems -- 22.Our chemical fears -- 23.Biodiversity -- 24.Global warming -- Part VI: the real state of the world.

This text challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author examines a range of major environmental problems that feature prominently in headline news across the world.

Translation of: Verdens sande tilstand.

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