State of the world 2006
Subtitle: a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society
By: Danielle Nierenberg, project director ; Linda Starke, editor
Contributors: Worldwatch Institute
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780393327717; 9780393061581
Subjects: Economic conditions; Umweltschutz; Weltwirtschaftsordnung; Social policy; Futurologie; Aufsatzsammlung
Other titles: Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society
Notes: "Special focus: China and India"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: State of the world: A year in review  -- Lori Brown; title: China, India, and the new world order  -- Christopher Flavin and Gary Gardner; title: Rethinking the global meat industry  -- Danielle Nierenberg; title: Safeguarding freshwater ecosystems  -- Sandra Postel; title: Cultivating renewable alternatives to oil  -- Suzanne C. Hunt and Janet L. Sawin with Peter Stair; title: Shrinking science: an introduction to nanotechnology  -- Hope Shand and Kathy Jo Wetter; title: Curtailing mercury's global reach  -- Linda Greer, Michael Bender, Peter Maxson, and David Lennett; title: Turning disasters into peacemaking opportunities  -- Michael Renner and Zoe Chafe; title: Reconciling trade and sustainable development  -- Aaron Cosbey; title: Building a green civil society in China  -- Jennifer L. Turner and Lu Zhi; title: Transforming corporations -- Erik Assadourian.