Vital Signs 2002: The Trends that are Shaping Our Future

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W. 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.

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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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