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作者:本社 编出版社:Cambridge University Press出版时间:2001年08月
- 版 次:1
- 页 数:515
- 字 数:
- 印刷时间:2001年08月01日
- 开 本:32开
- 纸 张:胶版纸
- 包 装:平装
- 是否套装:否
- 国际标准书号ISBN:9780521010689
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, Bj?rn 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,
Bj?rn 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.
? Controversial and comprehensive: up-to-date, authoritative
facts about important environmental world issues ? Costs and
benefits of environmental action and inaction ? Discussion of the
background of pessimism
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