TY - BOOK AU - Starke,Linda ED - Worldwatch Institute TI - Vital signs 2007-2008: the trends that are shaping our future SN - 9780393331295 AV - GE 140 V836 2007 U1 - 310 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Norton & Company KW - Statistics KW - Estadísticas KW - Economic indicators KW - Indicadores económicos KW - Social indicators KW - Indicadores sociales KW - Environmental monitoring KW - Monitoreo ambiental KW - Economic forecasting KW - Previsión económica N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-161); Food and agriculture trends -- Energy and environment trends -- Social and economic trends -- Transportation and communications trends -- Conflict and peace trends -- Food and agriculture features -- Environment features -- Social and economic features -- Health features -- Notes -- The vital signs series N2 - This annual volume distills the "vital signs" of our times--which often escape the attention of the media, world leaders, and economic experts--from thousands of government, industrial, and scientific documents. It tracks the major indicators that show social, economic, and environmental progress, or the lack thereof.Vital Signs 2007-2008 presents the latest data on environmental and sustainable development topics, such as food and agriculture, energy and climate changes, economic trends, transportation and communications, health and social trends, conflict and peace. Each trend includes analysis to provide context and interconnections, plus charts and graphs to provide visual comparisons of the trends over time ER -