The Resource The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world, Bjørn Lomborg
The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world, Bjørn Lomborg
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The item The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world, Bjørn Lomborg represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- Bjorn Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace, challenges widely held beliefs that the global environment is progressively getting worse. Using statistical information from internationally recognized research institutes, Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental issues and documents that the global environment has actually improved. Throughout the book, his sources are fully referenced, allowing discerning readers to investigate the facts used to support his argument. Lomborg criticizes the way many environmental organizations make selective and misleading use of scientific data to influence decisions about the allocation of limited resources. Written by a nonpartisan, independent thinker, The Skeptical Environmentalist is a useful corrective to the more alarmist accounts favored by green activists and the media
- Language
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- eng
- dan
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 515 pages)
- Contents
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- PART I: THE LITANY: Things are getting better
- Why do we hear so much bad news?
- PART II: HUMAN WELFARE: Measuring human welfare
- Life expectancy and health
- Food and hunger
- Prosperity
- Conclusion to Part II; Unprecedented human prosperity
- PART III: CAN HUMAN PROSPERITY CONTINUE? : Are we living on borrowed time?
- Will we have enough food?
- Forests: are we losing them?
- Energy
- Non-energy resources
- Water
- Conclusion to part III; Continued prosperity
- PART IV: POLLUTION: DOES IT UNDERCUT HUMAN PROSPERITY? : Air pollution
- Acid rain and forest death
- Indoor air pollution
- Allergies and asthma
- Water pollution
- Waste: running out of space?
- Conclusion to part IV: The pollution burden has diminished
- PART V: TOMORROW'S PROBLEMS: Our chemical fears
- Biodiversity
- Global warming
- PART VI: THE REAL STATE OF THE WORLD: Predicament or progress?
- Isbn
- 9781139626378
- Label
- The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world
- Title
- The skeptical environmentalist
- Title remainder
- measuring the real state of the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Bjørn Lomborg
- Subject
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- Changement climatique
- Ecologie humaine
- Economie de l'environnement
- Electronic books
- Global environmental change
- Global environmental change
- Human ecology
- Human ecology
- Humanökologie
- Milieuvraagstuk
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Environmental Policy
- Pollution
- Pollution
- Pollution
- SCIENCE -- Environmental Science
- Umweltschaden
- Umweltverschmutzung
- Milieuverandering
- Bewertung
- Language
-
- eng
- dan
- eng
- Summary
- Bjorn Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace, challenges widely held beliefs that the global environment is progressively getting worse. Using statistical information from internationally recognized research institutes, Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental issues and documents that the global environment has actually improved. Throughout the book, his sources are fully referenced, allowing discerning readers to investigate the facts used to support his argument. Lomborg criticizes the way many environmental organizations make selective and misleading use of scientific data to influence decisions about the allocation of limited resources. Written by a nonpartisan, independent thinker, The Skeptical Environmentalist is a useful corrective to the more alarmist accounts favored by green activists and the media
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lomborg, Bjørn
- Dewey number
- 363.7
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Originally published in Danish as Verdens sande tilstand, 1998
- LC call number
- GE149
- LC item number
- .L65 2001eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- NAL call number
- GE149
- NAL item number
- .L65 2001
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Global environmental change
- Pollution
- Human ecology
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- Changement climatique
- Pollution
- Ecologie humaine
- Economie de l'environnement
- Global environmental change
- Human ecology
- Pollution
- Umweltverschmutzung
- Bewertung
- Umweltschaden
- Humanökologie
- Milieuvraagstuk
- Milieuverandering
- Label
- The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world, Bjørn Lomborg
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-505) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- PART I: THE LITANY: Things are getting better -- Why do we hear so much bad news? -- PART II: HUMAN WELFARE: Measuring human welfare -- Life expectancy and health -- Food and hunger -- Prosperity -- Conclusion to Part II; Unprecedented human prosperity -- PART III: CAN HUMAN PROSPERITY CONTINUE? : Are we living on borrowed time? -- Will we have enough food? -- Forests: are we losing them? -- Energy -- Non-energy resources -- Water -- Conclusion to part III; Continued prosperity -- PART IV: POLLUTION: DOES IT UNDERCUT HUMAN PROSPERITY? : Air pollution -- Acid rain and forest death -- Indoor air pollution -- Allergies and asthma -- Water pollution -- Waste: running out of space? -- Conclusion to part IV: The pollution burden has diminished -- PART V: TOMORROW'S PROBLEMS: Our chemical fears -- Biodiversity -- Global warming -- PART VI: THE REAL STATE OF THE WORLD: Predicament or progress?
- Control code
- 836848734
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 515 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781139626378
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9780521010689
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)836848734
- Label
- The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world, Bjørn Lomborg
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-505) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- PART I: THE LITANY: Things are getting better -- Why do we hear so much bad news? -- PART II: HUMAN WELFARE: Measuring human welfare -- Life expectancy and health -- Food and hunger -- Prosperity -- Conclusion to Part II; Unprecedented human prosperity -- PART III: CAN HUMAN PROSPERITY CONTINUE? : Are we living on borrowed time? -- Will we have enough food? -- Forests: are we losing them? -- Energy -- Non-energy resources -- Water -- Conclusion to part III; Continued prosperity -- PART IV: POLLUTION: DOES IT UNDERCUT HUMAN PROSPERITY? : Air pollution -- Acid rain and forest death -- Indoor air pollution -- Allergies and asthma -- Water pollution -- Waste: running out of space? -- Conclusion to part IV: The pollution burden has diminished -- PART V: TOMORROW'S PROBLEMS: Our chemical fears -- Biodiversity -- Global warming -- PART VI: THE REAL STATE OF THE WORLD: Predicament or progress?
- Control code
- 836848734
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 515 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781139626378
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9780521010689
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)836848734
Subject
- Changement climatique
- Ecologie humaine
- Economie de l'environnement
- Electronic books
- Global environmental change
- Global environmental change
- Human ecology
- Human ecology
- Humanökologie
- Milieuvraagstuk
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Environmental Policy
- Pollution
- Pollution
- Pollution
- SCIENCE -- Environmental Science
- Umweltschaden
- Umweltverschmutzung
- Milieuverandering
- Bewertung
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