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The world watch reader on global environmental issues
Title:
The world watch reader on global environmental issues
Author:
Ayres, Ed.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Norton, [1998]

©1998
Physical Description:
358 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
Includes index.

"1998 edition"--Cover.

"Copyright 1998 by Worldwatch Institute"--T.p. verso.
Language:
English
Contents:
The risks of disrupting climate / Molly O'Meara -- The next energy revolution / Christopher 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.
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Added Uniform Title:
World watch.
ISBN:
9780393317534
Format :
Book