The improving state of the world
Subtitle: why we're living longer, healthier, more comfortable lives on a cleaner planet
By: Indur M. Goklany.
Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 516
Subjects: Economic development -- Environmental aspects.; Quality of life.; Technological innovations -- Environmental aspects.; Human ecology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Part A. Economic development, technological change, and the human condition; value: Introduction; value: The improving state of humanity; value: Has globalization widened the gaps in human well-being?; value: The cycle of progress : factors propelling humanity's progress; value: Part B. The effects of economic development and technological change on the environment; value: Competing views regarding affluence, technology, and the environment; value: Long-term environmental trends; value: Are long-term trends consistent with environmental transitions?; value: Factors affecting environmental trends; value: Part C. Reconciling human well-being with environmental quality; value: The promise and peril of bioengineered crops; value: Climate change and sustainable development; value: Part D. Sustaining the human enterprise; value: The future sustainability of human populations; value: Extending the limits : the role of economic development, technological change, and free trade.