The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World - Couverture souple

Lomborg, Bjorn

 
9780521010689: The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521010683 ISBN 13 : 9780521010689
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

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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À propos de l?auteur

Bjørn Lomborg is an Associate Professor of Statistics in the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has published in international journals in the fields of game theory and computer simulations. He has given invited lectures on the subjects discussed in The Skeptical Environmentalist in leading universities in North America and Europe following the success of the original Danish edition which has had a significant impact on the terms of the environmental debate within Scandinavia.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521010683
ISBN 13 
9780521010689
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
540
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780521804479: The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World

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ISBN 10 :  0521804477 ISBN 13 :  9780521804479
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2001
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