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Earth report 2000 [electronic resource] : revisiting the true state of the planet / Ronald Bailey, editor.

Contributor(s): Bailey, Ronald.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : McGraw Hill, c2000General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-349) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 362 p.) : ill., maps.ISBN: 0585252033 (electronic bk.); 9780585252032 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): Environmental qualityGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 363.7 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
The progress explosion: permanently escaping the Malthusian trap / R. Bailey -- How do we know the temperature of the earth? Global warming and global temperatures / Roy Spencer -- Doing more with less: dematerialization-- unsung environmental triumph? / Lynn Scarlett -- World population prospects for the twenty-first century: the specter of "depopulation"? / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Fishing for solutions: the state of the world's fisheries / Michael De Alessi -- Soft energy versus hard facts: powering the twenty-first century / Jerry Taylor and Peter VanDoren -- Richer is more resilient: dealing with climate change and more urgent environmental problems / Indur M. Goklany -- Endocrine disruptors: new toxic menace? / Stephen H. Safe -- Biological diversity: divergent views on its status and diverging approaches to its conservation / Rowan B. Martin -- Benchmarks: the global trends that are shaping our world / Paul Georgia, I. Goklany, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute staff.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-349) and index.

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

The progress explosion: permanently escaping the Malthusian trap / R. Bailey -- How do we know the temperature of the earth? Global warming and global temperatures / Roy Spencer -- Doing more with less: dematerialization-- unsung environmental triumph? / Lynn Scarlett -- World population prospects for the twenty-first century: the specter of "depopulation"? / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Fishing for solutions: the state of the world's fisheries / Michael De Alessi -- Soft energy versus hard facts: powering the twenty-first century / Jerry Taylor and Peter VanDoren -- Richer is more resilient: dealing with climate change and more urgent environmental problems / Indur M. Goklany -- Endocrine disruptors: new toxic menace? / Stephen H. Safe -- Biological diversity: divergent views on its status and diverging approaches to its conservation / Rowan B. Martin -- Benchmarks: the global trends that are shaping our world / Paul Georgia, I. Goklany, and the Competitive Enterprise Institute staff.

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