How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World?

A Scorecard from 1900 to 2050
Herausgeber: Lomborg, Bj Rn; Lomborg, Bjorn

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Produktbeschreibung

Bjørn Lomborg invites leading economists to provide an innovative 150-year view of humanity's biggest challenges, measured in economic terms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 876g
• ISBN-13: 9781107027336
• ISBN-10: 1107027330
• Artikelnr.: 39597385

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Bjørn Lomborg
Executive summaries
1. Air pollution Guy Hutton
2. Armed conflicts S. Brock Blomberg and Gregory D. Hess
3. Climate change Richard S. J. Tol
4. Ecosystems and biodiversity Anil Markandya and Aline Chiabai
5. Education Harry Anthony Patrinos and George Psacharopoulos
6. Gender inequality Joyce P. Jacobsen
7. Human health Dean T. Jamison, Prabhat Jha, Varun Malhotra and Stéphane Verguet
8. Malnutrition Sue Horton and Richard H. Steckel
9. Trade barriers Kym Anderson
10. Water and sanitation Marc Jeuland, David Fuente, Semra Özdemir, Maura Allaire and Dale Whittington
Index.