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The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World de Bjørn Lomborg

The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World

Autor Bjørn Lomborg
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 aug 2001

Găsim în această lucrare resurse bibliografice monumentale, volumul fiind susținut de peste 2500 de note de subsol care permit cititorului să urmărească și să verifice personal fiecare set de date utilizat de Bjørn Lomborg. Publicată de Cambridge University Press, cartea propune o evaluare tehnică a mediului înconjurător, bazată pe cifre furnizate de institute de cercetare de prestigiu, contestând discursurile alarmiste prin intermediul analizei statistice riguroase.

Descoperim aici o structură organizată metodic în șase părți distincte. Autorul începe prin a analiza „Litania” știrilor negative, trecând apoi la indicatori tehnici ai bunăstării umane, precum speranța de viață și prosperitatea economică. În secțiunile centrale, Bjørn Lomborg examinează resursele de hrană, defrișările, energia și poluarea, oferind un inventar non-partizan al „stării reale a lumii”. Ca și Seymour Garte în Where We Stand, autorul distilează experiență reală în principii acționabile, argumentând că progresul este adesea subestimat din cauza unei raportări media selective.

Această abordare empirică continuă temele explorate de autor și în alte lucrări, precum How Much Have Global Problems Cost the World?, unde accentul cade pe datele care demonstrează unde s-au făcut îmbunătățiri reale. Dacă în Smart Solutions to Climate Change se concentra pe eșecurile politicilor de mediu, aici el oferă fundamentul statistic pentru acele critici. Tonul este unul practic și direct, progresia narativă fiind dictată de date, nu de ideologie, ceea ce transformă acest Paperback într-un instrument de referință pentru oricine dorește să înțeleagă știința mediului dincolo de titlurile de presă.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521010689
ISBN-10: 0521010683
Pagini: 540
Ilustrații: 9 tables
Dimensiuni: 174 x 247 x 35 mm
Greutate: 1.04 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte este esențială pentru profesioniștii din politici publice și ingineria mediului care caută o contrapondere bazată pe date la discursul alarmist. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă optimistă, dar fundamentată tehnic, asupra resurselor globale și poluării. Este un ghid de prioritizare a resurselor care demonstrează, prin statistici riguroase, că multe dintre problemele lumii sunt pe o traiectorie de îmbunătățire, oferind instrumente pentru o analiză critică a realității.

Descriere scurtă

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, Bjørn 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, Bjørn 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.

Cuprins

Introduction; Part I. The Litany: 1. Things are getting better; 2. Why do we hear so much bad news?; Part II. Human Welfare: 3. Measuring human welfare; 4. Life expectancy and health; 5. Food and hunger; 6. Prosperity; 7. Conclusion; Part III. Can Human Prosperity Continue?: 8. Are we living on borrowed time?; 9. Will we have enough food; 10. Forests - are we losing them?; 11. Energy; 12. Non-energy resources; 13. Water; 14. Conclusion; Part IV. Pollution: 15. Air pollution; 16. Acid rain and forest death; 17. Indoor air pollution; 18. Allergies and asthma; 19. Water pollution; 20. Waste: running out of space?; 21. Conclusion; Part V. Tomorrow's Problems: 22. Our chemical fears; 23. Biodiversity; 24. Global warming; Part VI. The Real State of the World: 25. Predicament or progress?; Notes; Bibliography.

Recenzii

'This is one of the most valuable books on public policy - not merely on environmental policy - to have been written for the intelligent reader in the past ten years … The Skeptical Environmentalist is a triumph.' The Economist
'… a superbly documented and readable book.' Wall Street Journal
'The Skeptical Environmentalist should be read by every environmentalist, so that the appalling errors of fact the environmental movement has made in the past are not repeated. A brilliant and powerful book.' Matt Ridley, author of Genome
'The Skeptical Environmentalist is perhaps the most important book about the environment since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) awakened the world to the dangers of unrestrained economic growth.' Jason Cowley, New Statesman
'Bjorn Lomborg is an outstanding representative of the 'new breed' of political scientists - mathematically-skilled and computer-adept. In this book he shows himself also to be a hard-headed, empirically-oriented analyst. Surveying a vast amount of data and taking account of a wide range of more and less informed opinion about environmental threats facing the planet, he comes to a balanced assessment of which ones are real and which over-hyped. In vigorous informal style, he indicates what needs to be done to address the real environmental hazards - and what needs not to be done about those turning out to be pseudo-problems.' Jack Hirshleifer, University of California, Los Angeles
'A new book is about to overturn our most basic assumptions about the world's environment. Far from going to hell in a handcart, it is improving by almost all measures. Those things not getting better are getting worse at a slower rate.' Anthony Browne, Observer
'Lomborg's challenge will have to be met … he has given an important challenge to the scientific establishment that is not only good for science, but damned necessary to it.' Fortean Times
'When Lomborg concludes that '… the loss of the world's rainforests, of fertile agricultural land, the ozone layer and of the climate balance are terrible …' I agree. But we also need debate, and this book provides us with that in generous amounts. If you, like I do, belong to the people who dare to think the world is making some progress, but always with mistakes to be corrected, this book makes important reading.' Lars Kristoferson, Secretary General, WWF Sweden
'Lomborg's book has drawn considerable attention. Although it may cause problems for the more militant and political environmentalists, it should be welcomed by anyone genuinely concerned about the environment. … Lomborg's book sheds needed light on the real state of the world. I recommend it to anyone interested in our global environment … The Skeptical Environmentalist is the most valuable book available in many years on public policy in general, not only environmental policy in particular. It should be required reading for all legislators, government bureaucrats and corporate executives who preside over the ever-increasing array of environmental regulations and politics. John P. Bluemle, Geotimes
'Whatever your standpoint, The Skeptical Environmentalist will make indispensable reading.' Mail on Sunday
'A brilliant book … All in all, this is a must-have/must read book. Don't take my word for it. Check it out for yourself.' Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
'… his book is the Christmas present for a rational future.' The Chemical Engineer
'… it should be welcomed by anyone genuinely concerned about the environment.' Environmental Geology
'The Skeptical Environmentalist marks a critical environmental moment … We can forget those dreary old idols: Paul Ehrlich, Lester Brown with his Worldwatch Institute, Greenpeace and all the others. They have been exiled into the darkness. Eco-optimism can begin to rise over the Earth. After Lomborg, the environmental movement will begin to wither.' National Post
'Bjorn Lomborg's book is hugely beneficial for a debate that has been one-sided.' The Financial Times

Descriere

A controversial, wide ranging and clearly documented survey of the state of the global environment.