State of the world, 1998
Subtitle: a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society
By: Lester R. Brown [and others]
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Environmental alert series; Worldwatch environmental alert series
Publisher: Earthscan Publications
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781853835322
Subjects: Economic history; Sustainable development; Environmental policy
Description: State of the World sets out to show how sustainability can be achieved without lowering living standards. It is a valuable reference for students in a range of social and natural science courses, from ecology to political science.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The future of growth; assessing the world's forests; inventorying vertebrates; fishing in crisis; struggling to raise cropland productivity; balancing nutrient cycles; assessing national climate plans; reversing the arms race; redirecting international capital flows; shifting from growth to sustainability.