The world watch reader on global environmental issues
By: magazine staff ; editor, Ed Ayres ; senior editor, Chris Bright ; assistant editor, Curtis Runyan ; designer, Elizabeth Doherty ; editorial board, Lester R. Brown ... [et al.].
Contributors: Ayres, Ed.; World watch.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton; W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Apr 17, 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
Subjects: Economic development -- Environmental aspects.
Other titles: Worldwatch Institute.
Notes: The risks of disrupting climate / Molly O'Meara -- The next energy revolution / Christover Flavin -- It comes down to the coasts / Peter Weber -- Dying seas / Anne Platt McGinn -- Bio-invasions / Chris Bright -- The decline of primates / John Tuxill -- Nature's "free" services / Janet N. Abramovitz -- Where have all the rivers gone? / Sandra Postel -- Who will feed China? / Lester R. Brown -- Facing food scarcity / Lester R. Brown -- The changing world view / Alan Thein Durning -- The sudden new strength of recycling / John Young -- Chiapas:  the fruits of despair / Michael Renner -- The resurgence of infectious diseases / Anne Platt McGinn -- Foreign investment in the developing world:  the environmental consequences / Hilary F. French -- The World Bank and the future of the energy economy / Christopher Flavin.

"1998 edition"--Cover.