The World Ahead : Our Future in the Making (Paperback)

Introduction Part I: Towards a New Social Contract 1. Population: Is a Time-Bomb Ticking? 2. The Scandal of Poverty and Exclusion 3. Humanizing the City 4. The Future of Urban Transport: Safer, Cleaner, Closer 5. Women Make the World Go Round 6. Winning the Fight Against Drugs: Education, Development and Purpose Part II: Towards a Natural Contract: Science, Development and the Environment 7. Developing with the Earth 8. The Advancing Desert 9. Is Water Running Out? 10. Will There be Food for Everybody? 11. Feeding the World: Are Biotechnologies the Answer? 12. Towards the Revolution of Energy Efficiency Part III: Towards a Cultural Contract: From the Information Society to the Knowledge Society? 13. The New Technology Revolution: Information, Communication and Knowledge 14. What Future for Books and Reading? 15. An Endangered Heritage: Languages 16. Education at the Horizon 2020: With or Without Distance? Part IV: Towards a New Ethical Contract 17. Will There be an 'African Miracle'? 18. The Divedends of Peace and Global Security 19. What Future for the United Nations System? 20. Towards a Culture of Peace Conclusion: Towards an Ethics of Future Index