The improving state of the world [electronic resource] : 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 / [electronic resource] : Indur M. Goklany. - Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2007. - vii, 516 p. : ill.
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.
9781933995410
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Quality of life.
Technological innovations--Environmental aspects.
Human ecology.
Electronic books.
HD75.6 / .G64 2007
304.2
The improving state of the world why we're living longer, healthier, more comfortable lives on a cleaner planet / [electronic resource] : Indur M. Goklany. - Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2007. - vii, 516 p. : ill.
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.
9781933995410
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Quality of life.
Technological innovations--Environmental aspects.
Human ecology.
Electronic books.
HD75.6 / .G64 2007
304.2