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Vital Signs 2003
The Worldwatch InstituteCopyright © 2003 by Worldwatch Institute All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First Edition VITAL ... The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Worldwatch Institute; of its ...
State of the World: Can a City Be Sustainable?
The Worldwatch InstituteIn the latest edition of State of the World, the flagship publication of the Worldwatch Institute, experts from around the globe examine the core principles of sustainable urbanism and profile cities that are putting them into practice.
State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World
The Worldwatch InstituteThis question inspires the theme of the Worldwatch Institute's State of the World 2009 report: how climate change will play out over the coming century, and what steps we most urgently need to take now.
Vital Signs 2005
The Worldwatch InstituteWorldwatch Institute database, op. cit. note 1. 26. “World Nuclear Power Reactors 2003–2005 and Uranium Requirements,” World Nuclear Association (London: 1 January 2005). GLOBAL WIND GROWTH CONTINUES (pages 34–35) 1.
State of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity
The The Worldwatch InstituteIn the 2012 edition of its flagship report, Worldwatch celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit with a far-reaching analysis of progress toward building sustainable economies.
Green Building: Project Planning and Cost Estimating
RSMeansWorldwatch Paper #124. Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, 1995. 4 Hawken, Lovins & Lovins. Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. Little Brown & Company, 1999. 5 Barnett, Dianna Lopez, and William D. Browning.
Vital Signs: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future
Worldwatch InstituteThe book examines developments in six main areas: energy, environment and climate, transportation, food and agriculture, global economy and resources, and population and society.
State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?
The Worldwatch InstituteThis book will be especially useful for policymakers, environmental nonprofits, and students of environmental studies, sustainability, or economics.
State of the World 1999
The Worldwatch InstituteWritten in clear and concise language, with easy-to-read charts and tables, State of the World presents a view of our changing world that we cannot afford to ignore.
State of the World 2010: Transforming Cultures from ...
Worldwatch InstituteState of the World 2010 paints a picture of what this sustainability culture could look like, and how we can - and already are - making the shift.
State of the World 1998
The Worldwatch InstituteJohn McGowan and Dean Roemmich, “Climatic Warming and the Decline of Zooplankton in the California Current,” Science, 3 March 1995; Richard R. Veit et al., “Apex Marine Predator Declines Ninety Percent in Association with Changing ...
State of the World 2004: Special Focus: The Consumer Society
The Worldwatch InstituteEric D. Williams, Robert U. Ayres, and Miriam Heller, “The 1.7 Kilogram Microchip : Energy and Material Use in the Production of Semiconductor Devices,” Environmental Science and Technology, 15 December 2002, pp. 5504–10; Curtis ...
Biofuels for Transport: Global Potential and Implications ...
Worldwatch Institute,Biofuels for Transport is a unique and comprehensive assessment of the opportunities and risks of the large-scale production of biofuels. The book demystifies complex questions and concerns, such as the food v. fuel debate.
State of the World 2014: Governing for Sustainability
The Worldwatch InstituteA consistent thread throughout the book is that informed and engaged citizens are key to better governance. The book is a clear-eyed yet ultimately optimistic assessment of citizens' ability to govern for sustainability.
Ecological Diversity in Sustainable Development: The Vital ...
Chris MaserJohn Tuxill, also of the Worldwatch Institute, in writing about the rapid demise of primates, which he titles "Death in the Family Tree," says, "As the human population continues its unprecedented expansion, the populations of more than half of ...
Nature's cornucopia: our stake in plant diversity
John D. TuxillSpecial thanks to Julie Velasquez Runk for her advice and support in all stages of this project. JOHN TUXILL is a Research fellow with the Worldwatch Institute, where he researches and writes about the conservation of biological diversity.
State of the World 2003
The Worldwatch InstitutePopulation policies from Gayle D. Ness with Meghan V. Golay, Population and Strategies for National Development (London: Earthscan, 1997), pp. 92–95; population and environment in current policies from UNPD, World Population ...
Vital Signs 2000
The Worldwatch Institute(London: Macmillan, 1932; first published 1920). . History from Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Earth Politics (London: Zed Books, 1994); see also Agnar Sandmo, " Optimal Taxation in the Presence of Externalities," Swedish Journal of Economics ...
Vital Signs 2010
The Worldwatch Institute“Car Sales Plunge Heralding Bleak 2009,” MSN Money, 5 January 2009; projection for 2009 from Bill Vlasic, “To Fix Detroit, Obama Is Said to Drop Plan for 'Car Czar',” New York Times, 15 February 2009. 14. General Motors loss from Bill ...
Sea Level Rise and Coastal Disasters: Summary of a Forum, ...
Natural Disasters RoundtableSummary of a Forum, October 25, 2001, Washington DC Natural Disasters Roundtable, Division on Earth and Life ... Abramovitz, Janet, Worldwatch Institute Anderson, William, Natural Disasters Roundtable Applegate, David, American ...
The Nordic Africa Institute Publications
Nordiska AfrikainstitutetContains 111 full-text, searchable books published by the Nordic Institute, the Institute's annual report, and other information.
The Detroit Institute of Arts: A Brief History
Detroit Institute of ArtsChock full of beautiful color photographs and reproductions, a history of the Institute since its 1885 founding, by a curator there. Includes exhaustive details of personnel, building changes, finances, and acquisitions.
Journal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
Royal Institute of ChemistryJocelyn Thorpe, President of the Chemical Services Committee appointed by the Government of India, has presented the Institute with a copy of the Report of the Committee, dated from Simla, February 28th, 1920. The terms of reference to the ...
Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, ...
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum EngineersVols. for 1919- (v.60- ) include the proceedings of the Institute of Metals Division of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers.
International Handbook of Applied Research in Intellectual ...
PreviewRoeher Institute (1990a). The Right to Have Enough Money: A Straightforward Guide to the Disability Income in Canada. Ontario: Roeher Institute. Roeher Institute (1990b). The Right to Read and Write: A Straightforward Guide to Literacy and ...
Great Minds of the 21st Century
American Biographical Institute"Nomination sources for the Institution's publications are received through personal recommendations by the Institute's Editorial Advisory Board, Research Board and esteemed members of the American Biographical Institute Research ...
Disordered Semiconductors
Marc A. KastnerInstitute for Amorphous Studies Series Series editors David Adler Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts and Brian B. Schwartz Institute for Amorphous Studies Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Brooklyn College of the ...
Unconventional Photoactive Solids
Harvey ScherInstitute for Amorphous Studies Series Series editors David Adlert Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts and Brian B. Schwartz Institute for Amorphous Studies Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Brooklyn College of the ...
Localization and Metal-Insulator Transitions
PreviewInstitute for Amorphous Studies Series Series editors David Adler Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts and Brian B. Schwartz Institute for Amorphous Studies Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Brooklyn College of the ...
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