The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world 9780521010689, 0521010683, 9780521804479, 0521804477 [EPUB]

Table of contents :
Content: 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?