Vital Signs 2001 The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

THIS ANNUAL volume, written by the staff of the award-winning Worldwatch Institute, gives prominence to key trends that too often escape the attention of the news media, world leaders, & economic experts. By distilling forty-five "vital signs" of our times from thousands of government, industrial, & scientific documents, this book allowing readers to track key indicators that show social, economic, & environmental progress, or the lack of it. Vital Signs 2001 presents up-to-the-minute information on environmental & sustainable development topics such as global warming, population growth, transgenic crops, HIV/AIDS, international trade, & Internet use. Each trend is presented in both text & graphics, providing a thorough, well-documented, & very accessible overview. Vital Signs is an excellent companion volume to Worldwatch's highly acclaimed State of the World series. "Its cool appraisal of our planet makes all other works of reference look trivial."--[London] Guardian.Worldwatch Institute Staff is the author of 'Vital Signs 2001 The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future' with ISBN 9780393321760 and ISBN 0393321762.