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" The improving state of the world "
/ Indur M. Goklany
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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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BL
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730
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b11294
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English
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Goklany, Indur M
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The improving state of the world:why we're living longer, healthier, more comfortable lives on a cleaner planet/ Indur M. Goklany
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Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute,, c2007.
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vii, 516 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
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1930865996(cloth)
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Print
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Part A. Economic development, technological change, and the human condition -- Introduction -- The improving state of humanity -- Has globalization widened the gaps in human well-being? -- The cycle of progress : factors propelling humanity's progress -- Part B. The effects of economic development and technological change on the environment -- Competing views regarding affluence, technology, and the environment -- Long-term environmental trends -- Are long-term trends consistent with environmental transitions? -- Factors affecting environmental trends -- Part C. Reconciling human well-being with environmental quality -- The promise and peril of bioengineered crops -- Climate change and sustainable development -- Part D. Sustaining the human enterprise -- The future sustainability of human populations -- Extending the limits : the role of economic development, technological change, and free trade.
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Economic developmentEnvironmental aspects
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Quality of life
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Technological innovationsEnvironmental aspects
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Human ecology
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304.2
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HD75.6.G64 2007
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