Skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world (Record no. 44448)
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| fixed length control field | 07755 a2200157 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780521671521 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 363.7 |
| Item number | LOM |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lomborg, Bjorn |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Cambridge Uni. Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2001 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Cambridge |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxiii,515p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | CONTENTS<br/>List of figures page xii<br/>List 0/tables xviii<br/>Preface xvii<br/>Language and measures xix<br/>Acknowledgements xxii<br/>Permissions xxiv<br/>Part 1: The Litany<br/>1 Things are getting better 3<br/>The Litany 3<br/>Things ore better - but not necessarily good 4<br/>Exaggeration and good management 5<br/>Fundamentals: trends 5<br/>Fundamentals: global trends 6<br/>Fundamentals: long-term trends 8<br/>Fundamentals: how is it important? 9<br/>Fundamentals: people 11<br/>Reality versus myths 12<br/>Reality: WorldWatch Institute 13<br/>Reality: World Wide Fund for Nature 16<br/>Reality: Greenpeace 17<br/>Reality: wrong bad statistics and economics 18<br/>Reality: water problems 19<br/>Reality: rtmentel and global health I 21<br/>Reality: fflmentel and global health II 24<br/>Reality versus rhetoric and poor predictions 27<br/>Reality 30<br/>Reality and morality 32<br/>2 Why do we hear so much bad news? 34<br/>Research 35<br/>The file drawer and data massage 36<br/>Organizations 37<br/>The media 39<br/>lopsided reality: sporadic but predictable 39<br/>Lopsided reality: bad news 40<br/>Lopsided reality: conflict and guilt 41<br/>The consequences 41<br/>Part II: Human welfare<br/>3 Measuring human welfare 45<br/>How many people on earth? 45<br/>The changing demographics 47<br/>Overpopulation 48<br/>4 Life expectancy and health 50<br/>Life expectancy 50<br/>Life expectancy in the developing world 51<br/>Infant mortality 53<br/>Illness 55<br/>Conclusion 58<br/>5 Food and hunger 60<br/>Malthus and everlasting hunger 60<br/>More food than ever 61<br/>Lower prices than ever 62<br/>The Green Revolution 62<br/>Relative or absolute improvement? 64<br/>Regional distribution: Africa 65<br/>Regional distribution: China 66<br/>Conclusion 67<br/>Is inflation-adjusted GDP a reasonable<br/>measure of wealth? 68<br/>6 Prosperity 70<br/>Poverty and distribution 71<br/>Ever greater inequality? 73<br/>Poorer still? 75<br/>More consumer goods 78<br/>More education 81<br/>More leisure time 82<br/>More safety and security 84<br/>Fewer catastrophes and accidents 85<br/>7 Conclusion to Part II: unprecedented<br/>human prosperity 87<br/>Part III: Can human prosperity continue?<br/>8 Are we living on borrowed time? 91<br/>Resources - the foundation for welfare 91<br/>9 Will we have enough food? 93<br/>At least grain per capita is declining 93<br/>Declining productivity 95<br/>Limits to yields? 96<br/>Biomass 99<br/>What about ordinary peasants? 100<br/>Do we still need the high growth? 100<br/>Grain stocks are dropping.' 101<br/>What about China? 102<br/>Should we worry about erosion? 104<br/>What about fish? 106<br/>Conclusion 108<br/>10 Forests - are we losing them? 110<br/>Forests and history 112<br/>Deforestation, a general view 112<br/>Deforestation: how much? 114<br/>How much forest? 115<br/>Conclusion 117<br/>11 Energy 118<br/>We are a civilization built on energy 118<br/>Do we have enough energy to go on? 119<br/>The oil crisis 120<br/>How much oil left? 121<br/>Optimists and pessimists arguing 124<br/>Ever more oil available 125<br/>Other fossil energy sources 126<br/>Nuclear energy 128<br/>Renewable energy 129<br/>Solar energy 133<br/>Wind energy 134<br/>Storage and mobile consumption 135<br/>Conclusion 135<br/>12 Non-energy resources 137<br/>The pessimists bet on resources running out - and lost 137<br/>Falling prices 137<br/>Cement 138<br/>Aluminum 138<br/>Iron 140<br/>Copper 143<br/>Gold and silver 144<br/>Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium 145<br/>Zinc 145<br/>Other resources 146<br/>Why do we have ever more resources? 147<br/>Conclusion 148<br/>13 Water 149<br/>How much water in the world? 149<br/>The three central problems 151<br/>Not enough water? 152<br/>Will it get worse in the future? 154<br/>Will we see increased conflict? 156<br/>Conclusion 157<br/>14 Conclusion to Part III: continued<br/>prosperity 159<br/>Part IV: Pollution: does it undercut human prosperity?<br/>15 Air pollution 163<br/>Air pollution in times past 163<br/>What is dangerous? 165<br/>Particles 167<br/>Lead 170<br/>S02 172<br/>Ozone 173<br/>NO, 174<br/>CO 175<br/>And the developing world? Both growth and environment 175<br/>Conclusion 177<br/>16 Acid rain and forest death 178<br/>17 Indoor air pollution 182<br/>Indoor air pollution in the developing world 182<br/>Indoor air pollution in the developed world 183<br/>18 Allergies and asthma 185<br/>19 Water pollution 189<br/>Oil pollution in the oceans 189<br/>Oil in the Gulf 191<br/>Exxon Valdez: still a catastrophe? 192<br/>Pollution in coastal waters 194<br/>Suffocation in coastal waters 195<br/>Health effects from fertilizer 201<br/>Pollution in rivers 202<br/>20 Waste: running out of space? 206<br/>21 Conclusion to Part IV: the pollution<br/>burden has diminished 210<br/>Part V: Tomorrow's problems<br/>22 Our chemical fears 215<br/>Cancer, death 217<br/>Cancer, incidence 222<br/>1-in-S and other lifetime risks 223<br/>The /ear of pesticides 226<br/>Establishing thresholds through risk analysis 226<br/>Pesticides and cancer 228<br/>Cancer in animal experiments 231<br/>Natural and synthetic pesticides 232<br/>Synthetic estrogens 236<br/>Synthetic estrogens: a fall in sperm quality 238<br/>l Organic farmers 240<br/>Synthetic estrogens: the "cocktail" effect 241<br/>Synthetic estrogens: breast cancer 242<br/>Synthetic estrogens: should we worry? 244<br/>Conclusion: should we use pesticides? 245<br/>23 Biodiversity 249<br/>How many species are there? 249<br/>Is biodiversity important? 250<br/>How many go extinct? 251<br/>The claim of 40,000 species 252<br/>A model backup 252<br/>What do we lose? 253<br/>Models and reality 253<br/>Tlie biologists' reaction 254<br/>Check the data 254<br/>The biologists' response 256<br/>Conclusion: what are the consequences <br/>seriously overstating the extinctions? 257<br/>24 Global warming 258<br/>The basic greenhouse effect 259<br/>The long-term development of the climate 260<br/>The climate, 1856-2100 263<br/>How much does C02 affect the temperature? 265<br/>How much does C02 affect the temperature? 266<br/>Particles <br/>How much does C02 affect the temperature? 269 <br/>Water vapor<br/>How much does C02 affect the temperature?<br/>Clouds 270<br/>The ozone hole 273<br/>Are there other causes? 276<br/>Are the scenarios realistic? 278<br/>Are the scenarios realistic? The 40 new scenarios 280<br/>Consequences: agriculture 287<br/>Consequences: sea level rise 289<br/>Consequences: human health 291<br/>Consequences: extreme weather 292<br/>Consequences: present and future weather 297<br/>The cost of warming 300<br/>The cost of cutting C02 302<br/>Then what should we do? 305<br/>The double dividend: improve the<br/>environment and make money? 308<br/>Objections: cut C02 and make money 312<br/>Objections: the price of the future 313<br/>Objections: the fear of catastrophe 315<br/>Summing up 317<br/>More than meets the eye 318<br/>Conclusion: scares and sound policy 322<br/>Part VI: The Real State of the World<br/>25 Predicament or progress? 327<br/>The Great Fable of the litany 327<br/>The Real State of the World 328<br/>Yet we worry ever more 330<br/>Setting priorities and risks 333<br/>Weighing risks 336<br/>The costs of the Litany 338<br/>Genetically modified foods - the encapsulation of the Litany 342<br/>Caution when invoking the principle 348<br/>Continued progress 350<br/>Notes 353<br/>Bibliography 435<br/>Index 506<br/><br/> |
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| Topic | FP |
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