Download or read book World Resources 1996-97 written by World Resources Institute and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The urban environment: Cities and the environment; Urban environment and human health; Urban impacts on natural resources; Urban transportation; Urban priorities for action; City and community: toward environmental sustainability; Appendix A. urban data tables; Global conditions and trends and data tables: Basic economic indicators; Population and human development; Forests and land cover; Food and agriculture; Biodiversity; Energy and materials; Water and fisheries; Atmosphere and climate; Acknowledgments; Index; World resources data base index.