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Author: Lester R. Brown
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780393317626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalyzes the key indicators of 1998 that will play a large part in determining the social, economical, and environmental health of the nation in the next decade; includes charts, tables, graphs, and statistics.
Author: Lester R. Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-08
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1134185944
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 1998. In this seventh annual edition of VITAL SIGNS the team at the Worldwatch Institute bring together an eclectic selection of disparate trends to offer a unique, multifaceted view of our rapidly changing world. This vital resource and reference guide traces the scientific, social, economic and environmental trends that have and continue to shape our world. Among the trends covered for the first time in VITAL SIGNS 1998-99, are frontier forests, plantation forestry, satellite launches, minerals exploration, small arms proliferation and female education. This year's edition points out that global emissions of carbon, the leading contributor to global climate change, hit another new high, while wind power has grown an amazing 26 per cent per year, and sales of solar cells jumped a phenomenal 43 per cent in 1997. VITAL SIGNS is the most comprehensive source of environmental and social information available.
Author: Lester Russell Brown
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780393318937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe global trends documented in Vital Sings 1999--from a decline in nuclear power generating capacity to the proliferation of genetically modified crops--will play a large part in determining the quality of our lives and our children's lives in the next decade.
Author: Lester R. Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-08
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 1134192940
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis annual volume shows key trends that should be integrated into the planning of our global future. It enables readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack of it, into 45 vital signs of our time. Each trend is presented as an overview using both text and graphics.
Author: Janet N. Abramovitz
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780393321760
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses trends in food and agriculture, energy, the atmosphere, the economy, transportation, health and society, the military, and the environment.
Author: Worldwatch Institute
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-08
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1134205546
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis annual volume from the Worldwatch Institute gives prominence to key trends that too often escape the attention of the news media, world leaders and economic experts. By distilling 45 vital signs of our times from thousands of government, industrial and scientific sources, the volume allows readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack or it. Each trend is presented in both text and graphics.
Author: Worldwatch Institute
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-04-14
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 1134030266
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis annual volume from the Worldwatch Institute gives prominence to key trends that often escape the attention of the news media, world leaders and economic experts. The book distils 36 vital signs of our times from thousands of governmental, industrial and scientific sources, allowing readers to track key indicators that show our social, economic and environmental progress, or lack of it. Each trend is presented in both text and graphics, providing a thorough overview.
Author: Lester R. Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-04-08
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1134202741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis ninth annual edition of Vital Signs takes the world's pulse by compiling a wide-ranging collection of trends that identify both problems and progress in the quest for a sustainable society. It highlights both alarming situations and encouraging developments. Part One is a comprehensive presentation of the key indicators in areas such as food, agriculture, energy, atmosphere, economics, transport and the military. Part Two provides in-depth special feature articles on: environmental features, such as transgenic crops and paper recycling; economic features, such as environmental taxes and corporate mergers; and social features, such as tuberculosis, prisons and women in politics.
Author: Janet N. Abramovitz
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780393323153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocuses on the social, economic, and environmental trends that determine the health of people and the planet. Covers mainly the 1990s.
Author: The The Worldwatch Institute
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2012-03-28
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1610913736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJust as people schedule regular check-ups with physicians, our planet needs regular check-ups to catch issues as early as possible, before they become more serious and harder to heal. That is the much-needed service provided on a global scale by the Worldwatch Institute in this new book, Vital Signs 2012. By taking stock of global consumption, Vital Signs 2012 offers the facts that need to guide our stewardship of the Earth's resources-and some of these facts are shocking. The report covers topics from obesity to ecosystem services, from grain production to nuclear power. Taken as a whole, it paints a picture of skyrocketing population, disappearing forests, and increasing consumption peppered with bright spots like growing investment in high-speed trains and other efficient transportation systems. Vital Signs 2012 is based on Worldwatch's online project of the same name, which provides up-to-date figures on important global concerns, as well as the Institute's own additional research. The book compiles the most important of these into an accessible, informative resource for policymakers and anyone who wants a realistic look at the state of our planet.
