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Bjorn Lomborg - The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World - 9780521010689 - V9780521010689
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The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World

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Description for The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World Paperback. A controversial, wide ranging and clearly documented survey of the state of the global environment. Num Pages: 540 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: KCHS; KCM; KCN; TQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1056. Measuring the Real State of the World. 540 pages, 9 tables. A controversial, wide ranging and clearly documented survey of the state of the global environment. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: KCHS; KCM; KCN; TQ. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 32. Weight: 1062.
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, Bjorn 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
540
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Number of Pages
540
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521010689
SKU
V9780521010689
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Bjorn Lomborg
Bjorn Lomborg is an Associate Professor of Statistics in the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has published in international journals in the fields of game theory and computer simulations. He has given invited lectures on the subjects discussed in The Skeptical Environmentalist in leading universities in North America and Europe following the success of the original ... Read more

Reviews for The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World
'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 ... Read more

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