Description
Book SynopsisThis text provides a comprehensive and authoritative review and analysis of environmental conditions worldwide. The successor to GEO-2000 (1999) and complementary to it, GEO-3 describes policies and achievements in all areas of environmental concern since 1972. It analyses the drivers of environmental change and uses modelling techniques to project the impacts of different policies between 2002 and 2032. It is a crucial assessment for the Earth Summit in Johannesburg in September 2002 and for environmental policy and research worldwide.;It is clearly organized in accessible, non-technical language and supported by colour graphics and quick highlights. With full bibliography and index it should be useful for researchers, teachers, students and policy-makers in environmental science and policy, geography, politics and international affairs.
Trade Review"- 'The most authoritative summing up of the environmental situation for the new millennium' The Independent - 'Thanks to GEO-2000 we will not be able to plead ignorance or lack of know-how to our grandchildren as they are left to fire-fight crises of millions of environmental refugees and environment-driven conflict' The Guardian
Table of ContentsForeword * Preface * The GEO Project * Synthesis * The GEO Regions * Integrating Environment and Development 1972-2002 * State of the Environment and Policy Retrospective 1972-2002 * Human Vulnerability to Environmental Change * Outlook 2002-32 * Options for Action * Acronyms and Abbreviations * Collaborating Centres * Contributors * Index
