Human development and the environment : challenges for the United Nations in the new millennium / edited by Hans van Ginkel, Brendan Barrett, Julius Court, and Jerry Velasquez.
Material type: TextPublication details: Tokyo : New York : United Nations University Press, 2002.Description: ix, 313 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9280810693 (pbk.)
- 304.2 VAN 23 DS1099
- GF3 .H75 2002
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Article | Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore | David Satterthwaite Collection | 304.2 VAN DS1099 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | DS1099 |
Consists of reports of the United Nations University Conference 'On the Threshold of the New Millennium' which was held in Tokyo on 19--21 January 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reflections on human development and the environment / Hans van Ginkel, Brendan Barrett, Julius Court, and Jerry Velasquez -- Conceptual challenges of a globalizing economy / Karel Van Wolferen -- Into the twenty-first century : assessing social and political concerns / Rolph van der Hoeven -- Policy priorities for human development / Ruth Kagia -- Poverty and inequality in the era of liberalization and globalization / Giovanni Andrea Cornia -- The future of technology and the implications for society and the UN system / Jerome Glenn and Theodore Gordon -- Population : a global challenge for the twenty-first century / Wolfgang Lutz -- Institutions, corruption, and development, and their ramifications for international cooperation / Beatrice Weder -- Future of global economic governance / Walden Bello -- Environment : urbanization, industrialization, and sustainable development / Fred Langeweg, Henk Hilderink, and Rob Maas -- Water in our future / Motoyuki Suzuki -- The importance of tropical atmospheric chemistry in global change research / Paul Crutzen -- Energy requirements for the new millennium / Ingvar B. Fridleifsson -- Global food security for tomorrow / Monkombu Sambasivam Swaminathan -- Land degradation : a global and regional problem / Adel El-Beltagy -- Global governance of biological diversity / A. Hamid Zakri -- International environmental governance and its impact on social and human development / Akiko Domoto.
Gift of David Satterthwaite.
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