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The skeptical environmentalist : measuring the real state of the world
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ISBN: 0521010683 0521804477 9780521010689 9780521804479 9781139626378 113988297X 113963688X 1299405746 1139648179 1139649140 1139641522 1139635344 113962637X 1139638688 9781139649148 9781139641524 9781139648172 9781299405745 9781139638685 9781139635349 Year: 2001 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research institutes, Bjørn Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental problems that feature prominently in headline news across the world. His arguments are presented in non-technical, accessible language and are carefully backed up by over 2500 footnotes allowing readers to check sources for themselves. Concluding that there are more reasons for optimism than pessimism, Bjørn Lomborg stresses the need for clear-headed prioritisation of resources to tackle real, not imagined problems. The Skeptical Environmentalist offers readers a non-partisan stocktaking exercise that serves as a useful corrective to the more alarmist accounts favoured by campaign groups and the media.

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milieuproblematiek --- globalisering --- prognoses wereldeconomie --- welvaartseconomie --- Global environmental change --- Human ecology --- Pollution --- 504 --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Ecology --- Environment, Human --- Human beings --- Human environment --- Ecological engineering --- Human geography --- Nature --- Environmental change, Global --- Global change, Environmental --- Global environmental changes --- Change --- 504 Environment. Environmental science --- Environment. Environmental science --- Environmental aspects --- Social aspects --- Effect of environment on --- Effect of human beings on --- 502.35 --- 363.7 --- environnement --- international --- 351.2 --- 500 Milieu --- #A0111A --- leefmilieu --- internationaal --- Openbare gezondheid. Milieubescherming. Milieuvervuiling --- #ECO:01.13:economie sociaal duurzaam milieu ethiek --- 338 --- 502.31 --- 338 Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten --- Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten --- 502.31 Interaction, interdependence of nature and society. Mutual benefits etc. --- Interaction, interdependence of nature and society. Mutual benefits etc. --- Interaction, interdependence of nature and society. Mutual benefits etc --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Human ecology. Social biology --- Global environmental change. --- Human ecology. --- Pollution. --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Environmental Management --- Environmental Management (General). --- Ecologie. --- Global warming. --- Klimaatbeheersing. --- Milieu-economie. --- Milieuwetenschappen. --- Opwarming van de aarde. --- Pollutie. --- Natural resources --- resource management --- Resource allocation --- economic structure --- Economic development --- Economic indicators --- Environmental impact --- Environmental policies --- Decision making --- world --- Changement global (Environnement) --- Ecologie humaine --- Ecology. --- Economics. --- Climatic changes --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics --- Conservation of natural resources

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