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Goklany, Indur M.

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The improving state of the world : = why we're living longer, healthier, more comfortable lives on a cleaner planet /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The improving state of the world :/ Indur M. Goklany.
Reminder of title:	why we're living longer, healthier, more comfortable lives on a cleaner planet /
Author:	Goklany, Indur M.
Published:	Washington, D.C. :Cato Institute, : c2007.,
Description:	vii, 516 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	Part A. Economic development, technological change, and the human condition -- Introduction -- The improving state of humanity -- Has globalization widened the gaps in human well-being? -- The cycle of progress : factors propelling humanity's progress -- Part B. The effects of economic development and technological change on the environment -- Competing views regarding affluence, technology, and the environment -- Long-term environmental trends -- Are long-term trends consistent with environmental transitions? -- Factors affecting environmental trends -- Part C. Reconciling human well-being with environmental quality -- The promise and peril of bioengineered crops -- Climate change and sustainable development -- Part D. Sustaining the human enterprise -- The future sustainability of human populations -- Extending the limits : the role of economic development, technological change, and free trade.
Subject:	Economic development - Environmental aspects. -
ISBN:	1930865988 (pbk.)

The improving state of the world : = why we're living longer, healthier, more comfortable lives on a cleaner planet /
Goklany, Indur M.

The improving state of the world :why we're living longer, healthier, more comfortable lives on a cleaner planet /Indur M. Goklany. - Washington, D.C. :Cato Institute,c2007. - vii, 516 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

ISBN: 1930865988 (pbk.)US19.95

LCCN: 2006051792Subjects--Topical Terms:

560656
Economic development
--Environmental aspects.

LC Class. No.: HD75.6 / .G64 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 304.2

The improving state of the world : = why we're living longer, healthier, more comfortable lives on a cleaner planet /
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