World resources, 1998-99 : a guide to the global environment : environmental change and human health
World resources, 1998-99 : a guide to the global environment : environmental change and human health
a joint publication by the World Resources Institute, the United Nations Environment Programme; the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank.
- New York ; Oxford Oxford University Press c1998.
- x, 369 p. illus, tables, graphs, maps 27 cm.
Biennial publication of the World Resources Institute. Includes indexes. Subtitle from cover.
Pt.I Environmental change and human health : Linking environment and health -- Changing environments, changing health -- Improving health through environmental action -- Guest commentaries : Roberto Bertollini ; Clyde Hertzman ; Michael Dorsey ; Devra Lee Davis ; K.J. Nath ; Carolyn Stephens -- Regional profiles : Damming the Senegal River ; China's health and environment -- Appendix : Environmental risks to human health : new indicators -- Pt.II Global environmental trends : Critical trends : Population and human well-being ; Feeding the world ; Production and consumption ; The global commons ; Resources at risk ; Regions at a glance -- Pt.III Data tables : Economic indicators -- Population and human development -- Health -- Urban data -- Food and agriculture -- Forests and land cover -- Fresh water -- Oceans and fisheries -- Biodiversity -- Energy and materials -- Atmosphere and climate.
0195214072 0195214080 (pbk.) 9780195214079 9780195214086 (pbk.)
Environmental degradation--Health aspects.
Environmental health.
Human beings--Effect of environment on.
Natural resources--Health aspects.
RA565 / .W67 1998
Biennial publication of the World Resources Institute. Includes indexes. Subtitle from cover.
Pt.I Environmental change and human health : Linking environment and health -- Changing environments, changing health -- Improving health through environmental action -- Guest commentaries : Roberto Bertollini ; Clyde Hertzman ; Michael Dorsey ; Devra Lee Davis ; K.J. Nath ; Carolyn Stephens -- Regional profiles : Damming the Senegal River ; China's health and environment -- Appendix : Environmental risks to human health : new indicators -- Pt.II Global environmental trends : Critical trends : Population and human well-being ; Feeding the world ; Production and consumption ; The global commons ; Resources at risk ; Regions at a glance -- Pt.III Data tables : Economic indicators -- Population and human development -- Health -- Urban data -- Food and agriculture -- Forests and land cover -- Fresh water -- Oceans and fisheries -- Biodiversity -- Energy and materials -- Atmosphere and climate.
0195214072 0195214080 (pbk.) 9780195214079 9780195214086 (pbk.)
Environmental degradation--Health aspects.
Environmental health.
Human beings--Effect of environment on.
Natural resources--Health aspects.
RA565 / .W67 1998