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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Jaipur Rawat Publications 2002Description: 313p viiISBN:
  • 8170337720
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.9 GIN GIN
Contents:
Contents; Tables and figures; 1. Refliction on human development and the environment Hans van Ginkel, Brendan Barrett, Julius Court,and Jerry Ve1asquez Human Development 2.Conceptual challenges of a globalizing economy Karel van Wolferen 3 Into the twenty-first century: Assessing social and political concerns. Rolph van der Hoeven 4.Policy priorities for human development. Ruth Kagia 5.Poverty and inequality in the era of liberalization and globalization Giovanni Andrea Cornia 6 The future of technology and the implications for society and the UN system Jerome Glenn and Theodore Gordon 7 Population - A global challenge for the twenty-first century Wolfgang Lutz 8 Institutions, corruption, and development, and their ramifications for international cooperation Beatrice Weder 9 Future of global economic governance Walden Bello Environment 10 Urbanization, industrialization, and sustainable development Fred Langeweg, Henk Hilderink, and Rob Maas 11 Water in our future Motoyuki Suzuki 12 The importance of tropical atmospheric chemistry in globalchange research Paul Crutzen 13 Energy requirements for the new millennium lngvar B. Fridleifsson 14 Global food security for tomorrow Monkombu Sambasivam Swaminathan 15 Land degradation: A global and regional problem Adel El-Beltagy 16 Global governance of biological diversity A. Hamid Zakri 17 International environmental governance and its impact on social and human development Akiko Domoto Acronyms; Contributors ; Index
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Contents;
Tables and figures;
1. Refliction on human development and the environment
Hans van Ginkel, Brendan Barrett, Julius Court,and Jerry Ve1asquez
Human Development
2.Conceptual challenges of a globalizing economy
Karel van Wolferen
3 Into the twenty-first century: Assessing social and political concerns.
Rolph van der Hoeven
4.Policy priorities for human development.
Ruth Kagia
5.Poverty and inequality in the era of liberalization and globalization
Giovanni Andrea Cornia
6 The future of technology and the implications for society and the UN system
Jerome Glenn and Theodore Gordon
7 Population - A global challenge for the twenty-first century
Wolfgang Lutz
8 Institutions, corruption, and development, and their ramifications for international cooperation
Beatrice Weder
9 Future of global economic governance
Walden Bello
Environment
10 Urbanization, industrialization, and sustainable development
Fred Langeweg, Henk Hilderink, and Rob Maas
11 Water in our future
Motoyuki Suzuki
12 The importance of tropical atmospheric chemistry in globalchange research
Paul Crutzen
13 Energy requirements for the new millennium
lngvar B. Fridleifsson
14 Global food security for tomorrow
Monkombu Sambasivam Swaminathan
15 Land degradation: A global and regional problem
Adel El-Beltagy
16 Global governance of biological diversity
A. Hamid Zakri
17 International environmental governance and its impact on social and human development
Akiko Domoto
Acronyms;
Contributors ;
Index