| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 313 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
UNU millennium series |
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UNU millennium series.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Notes |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United Nations -- Congresses
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United Nations |
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Human ecology -- Congresses
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Social problems -- Congresses
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Geography.
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Human ecology
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Social problems
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Verenigde Naties.
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Derde millennium.
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Sociale ecologie.
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Duurzame ontwikkeling.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Congressen (vorm)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ginkel, J. A. van
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United Nations University Conference 'On the Threshold of the New Millennium' (2000 : United Nations University)
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| LC no. |
2001007707 |
| ISBN |
0585434174 |
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9780585434179 |
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9280810693 |
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9789280810691 |
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9780203087954 |
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020308795X |
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