Vital Signs 2002: The Trends that are Shaping Our FutureW. W. Norton & Company, 2002 - 215 pages This annual volume, written by the staff of the award-winning Worldwatch Institute, gives prominence to key trends that too often escape the attention of the news media, world leaders and economic experts. By distilling forty-five vital signs of our times from thousands of government, industrial, and scientific documents, this book allows readers to track key indicators that show social, economic and environmental progress, or the lack of it. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Making the Connections | 15 |
Food and Agricultural Trends | 23 |
Energy Trends | 57 |
Transportation Trends | 73 |
Communications Trends | 81 |
SPECIAL FEATURES | 90 |
Environment Features | 101 |
Economy and Finance Features | 117 |
Resource Economics Features | 129 |
Notes | 165 |
The Vital Signs Series | 213 |
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