Author: | The Worldwatch Institute | ISBN: | 9781610916417 |
Publisher: | Island Press | Publication: | March 19, 2015 |
Imprint: | Island Press | Language: | English |
Author: | The Worldwatch Institute |
ISBN: | 9781610916417 |
Publisher: | Island Press |
Publication: | March 19, 2015 |
Imprint: | Island Press |
Language: | English |
In this fifteenth edition of State of the World, Lester R. Brown and the Worldwatch research team look at the environmental effects of continuing economic growth as the economy outgrows the earth's ecosystem. As the global economy has expanded from $5 trillion of output in 1950 to $29 trillion in 1997, its demands have crossed many of the earth's sustainable yield thresholds
In this fifteenth edition of State of the World, Lester R. Brown and the Worldwatch research team look at the environmental effects of continuing economic growth as the economy outgrows the earth's ecosystem. As the global economy has expanded from $5 trillion of output in 1950 to $29 trillion in 1997, its demands have crossed many of the earth's sustainable yield thresholds