State of the world 2015 : confronting hidden threats to sustainability

State of the world 2015 : confronting hidden threats to sustainability /

We think we understand environmental damage: pollution, water scarcity, a warming world. But these problems are just the tip of the iceberg. Food insecurity, financial assets drained of value by environmental damage, and a rapid rise in diseases of animal origin are among the underreported consequen...

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Main Authors: Gardner, Gary T., 1958- (Author, Project director), Prugh, Tom (Author, Project director), Renner, Michael, 1957- (Author, Project director)
Corporate Author: Worldwatch Institute (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Mastny, Lisa (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, 2015
Series:State of the world ; 2015.
State of the world library.
Subjects:
Sustainability.
Sustainable development.
Environmental policy.
sustainable development.
environmental policy.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction ; The seeds of modern threats / Michael Renner
  • Emerging issues ; Energy, credit, and the end of growth / Nathan John Hagens
  • The trouble with growth / Peter A. Victor and Tim Jackson
  • Avoiding stranded assets / Ben Caldecott
  • Mounting losses of agricultural resources / Gary Gardner
  • The oceans : resilience at risk / Katie Auth
  • Whose Arctic is it? / Heather Exner-Pirot
  • Emerging diseases from animals / Catherine C. Machalaba, Elizabeth H. Loh, Peter Daszak, and William B. Karesh
  • Migration as a climate adaptation strategy / Fraṅois Gemenne
  • Conclusion ; Childhood's end / Tom Prugh.

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