World resources : a report

Author(s)

• World Resources Institute
• United Nations Environment Programme
• United Nations Development Programme
• World Bank

Bibliographic Information

World resources : a report

by the World Resources Institute ; in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Development Programme

Oxford University Press, 1990-

• 1990-91 : pbk
• 1990-91
• 1992-93 : pbk
• 1992-93
• 1994-95
• 1994-95 : pbk
• 1996-97
• 1996-97 : pbk
• 1998-99
• 1998-99 : pbk
• 2002-2004

Other Title

World resources : a guide to the global environment

World resources

Note

Includes index

1996-97, 1998-99: "World resources / a joint publication by The World Resources Institute, The United Nations Environment Programme, The United Nations Development Programme, The World Bank"

On cover: 1990-91. Special focus on climate change, Latin America plus essential data on 146 countries -- 1992-93. Toward sustainable development -- 1994-95. People and the environment : resource consumption, population growth, women -- 1996-97. The urban environment -- 1998-99. Environmental change and human health

On jacket: 1992-93, 1998-99. A guide to the global environment

2002-2004: statement of responsibility: United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, the World Bank, World Resources Institute

2002-2004: published by World Resources Institute

Contents of Works

• 1990-91. Special focus on climate change, Latin America plus essential data on 146 countries
• 1992-93. Toward sustainable development
• 1994-95. People and the environment : resource consumtion, population growth, women
• 1996-97. The urban environment
• 1998-99. Environmental change and human health
• 2002-2004. Decisions for the earth : balance, voice, and power

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

1992-93 ISBN 9780195062304

Description

Widely recognized as a unique, authoritative assessment of the world's natural resource base, World Resources offers a comprehensive guide to the global environment. The new 1992-93 edition--sure to be the crucial background document for understanding the issues of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, which will rely on the World Resources Institute to set its agenda--provides a focus on human development and growth worldwide. It examines opportunities for improved technologies and better policies that could assist in achieving more sustainable economic growth, sets priorities for solving the twin problems of poverty and natural resource degradation, and examines recent trends in human development and environmental progress. The new edition includes a special focus on children's health, covering major causes of mortality, new initiatives to improve child survival, and issues in financing child health care. Other chapters cover environmental decline in Eastern Europe, sustainable agriculture in the developed world, forests and rangelands, energy and wastes, freshwater, oceans and coasts, and atmosphere and climate conditions and trends. With a complete set of data tables and maps, World Resources 1992-93 remains an essential resource for all concerned with the future of the environment.

Volume

1994-95 ISBN 9780195210446

Description

An annually updated reference work which provides an authoritative assessment of the world's natural resources.

Volume

1994-95 : pbk ISBN 9780195210453

Description

The latest edition of an internationally acclaimed assessment of the world's natural resource base. Featured topics in this edition are rapid population growth in developing countries, the voracious consumption of natural resources in industrialized countries, and the role of women in sustainable economic growth in developing countries. Updated figures in the book's unique data tables on economic, population, environmental, and natural resource conditions. World Resources 1994-5 is the sixth edition in an award-winning series that is an authoritative assessment of the world's resource base. This edition features chapters on the voracious consumption of resources in industrialized countries, the rapid growth of populations in developing countries, the importance of women in sustaining economic growth in developing countries, and on china and India. The unique and valuable data tables in previous editions have been updated for 153 countries. Also updated are summaries of global conditions and trends for more than a dozen key topics, including population and health, food and agriculture, oceans and coasts, energy, wildlife and habitat, and forests and rangelands.

Volume

1996-97 ISBN 9780195211603

Description

This annually updated reference work reviews a range of environmental issues, such as population, human settlements, food and agriculture, forests and rangelands, wildlife, energy, oceans and coasts, the atmosphere, global systems and cycles, and policies and institutions.

Volume

1996-97 : pbk ISBN 9780195211610

Description

New edition of the authoritative assessment of the world's natural resource base.

Volume

1998-99 ISBN 9780195214079

Description

This is the 8th edition in a series which provides an authoritative assessment of the world's natural resource base. This edition focuses on the relationship between environmental change and human health. Drawing on the latest scientific data, it explores how environmental conditions contribute to death and disease around the world, and how that may change in the coming decades. The book examines several trends that have the potential to influence human health by changing the physical environment, such as the intensification of agriculture, industrialization and the rising use of energy. As in previous editions, "World Resources 1998-99" looks at the current state of the environment as it relates to population, human well-being, resources at risk, and consumption and waste. The book also contains the latest core data from 157 countries and new information on poverty, inequality and food security. It is intended for economists, environmentalists and college courses (undergraduate and graduate) in the environment.

Volume

1998-99 : pbk ISBN 9780195214086

Description

This is the 8th edition in a series which provides an authoritative assessment of the world's natural resource base. This edition focuses on the relationship between environmental change and human health. Drawing on the latest scientific data, it explores how environmental conditions contribute to death and disease around the world, and how that may change in the coming decades. The book examines several trends that have the potential to influence human health by changing the physical environment, such as the intensification of agriculture, industrialization and the rising use of energy. As in previous editions, "World Resources 1998-99" looks at the current state of the environment as it relates to population, human well-being, resources at risk, and consumption and waste. The book also contains the latest core data from 157 countries and new information on poverty, inequality and food security. It is intended for economists, environmentalists and college courses (undergraduate and graduate) in the environment.

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Details

• NCID: BA11264518
• ISBN:
  • 0195062299
  • 0195062280
  • 0195062310
  • 0195062302
  • 0195210441
  • 019521045X
  • 019521160X
  • 0195211618
  • 0195214072
  • 0195214080
  • 1569735328
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 28 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 519
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Natural resources
  • LCSH : Environmental policy
  • LCSH : Economic policy -- Environmental aspects