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Human development and the environment: Challenges for the United Nations in the new millennium

Auteur
Ginkel H.van, Barrett B., Court J., Velasquez J.(eds.)
Date
2001
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-073440)
Éditeur | Lieu de publication
United Nations University Press | Tokyo, Japan
ISBN
92-808-1069-3
Pages
324 p.
Type du document
Série
Langue
Anglais
Champ d'application
International
Sujet
Environnement gén.
Mot clé
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Résumé

Contents: - Reflections on the human and environmental consequences of globalization Part I: Human development - Conceptual challenges of a globalizing economy - Into the 21st century: Assessing social and political concerns - Policy priorities for human development - Poverty and inequality in the era of liberalization and globalization - The future of technology and the implications for society and the United Nations system - Institutions, corruption and development and their ramifications for international cooperation - The future of global economic governance Part II: Environment - Urbanisation, industrialisation and sustainable development - Water in our future - The importance of tropical atmospheric chemistry in global change research - Energy requirements for the next millennium - Global food security for tomorrow - Global governance of biological diversity - Land degradation: A global regional problem - International environmental governance, its impact on social and human development