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: title: Part A. Economic development, technological change, and the human condition; title: Introduction; title: The improving state of humanity; title: Has globalization widened the gaps in human well-being?; title: The cycle of progress : factors propelling humanity's progress; title: Part B. The effects of economic development and technological change on the environment; title: Competing views regarding affluence, technology, and the environment; title: Long-term environmental trends; title: Are long-term trends consistent with environmental transitions?; title: Factors affecting environmental trends; title: Part C. Reconciling human well-being with environmental quality; title: The promise and peril of bioengineered crops; title: Climate change and sustainable development; title: Part D. Sustaining the human enterprise; title: The future sustainability of human populations; title: Extending the limits : the role of economic development, technological change, and free trade.