State of the World 2015 Confronting Hidden Threats to Sustainability.

• Συλλογικό Έργο: Worldwatch Institute (Συγγραφέας), SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2015.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Climate change.; Climate Change.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• 1. The Seeds of Modern Threats \ Michael Renner
• 2. Energy, Credit, and the End of Growth \ Nathan John Hagens
• 3. The Trouble with Growth \ Peter A. Victor and Tim Jackson
• 4. Avoiding Stranded Assets \ Ben Caldecott
• 5. Mounting Losses of Agricultural Resources \ Gary Gardner
• 6. The Oceans: Resilience at Risk \ Katie Auth
• 7. Whose Arctic Is it? \ Heather Exner-Pirot. - 8. Emerging Diseases from Animals \ Catherine C. Machalaba, Elizabeth H. Loh, Peter Daszak, and William B. Karesh
• 9. Migration as a Climate Adaption Strategy \ Françios Gemenne
• 10. Childhood's End \ Tom Prugh.