TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goklany,Indur M.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - The improving state of the world: why we're living longer, healthier, more comfortable lives on a cleaner planet 
SN  - 9781933995410
AV  - HD75.6 .G64 2007
U1  - 304.2 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Cato Institute
KW  - Economic development
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Quality of life
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
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ER  -