Global Environmental Challenges of the Twenty-First Century Resources, Consumption, and Sustainable Solutions

by Lorey, David E.

• ISBN13: 9780842050494
• ISBN10: 0842050493
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The most serious environmental problems of the twenty-first century have the potential to alter the course of life on this planet. Global warming, toxic waste, water and air pollution, acid rain, and shrinking energy supplies are frightening challenges th

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Driving Forces
Environment and Health: Population, Consumption, and the Environment	1	(14)
J. Joseph Speidel
Food Security, Population, and Environment	15	(22)
Paul R. Ehrlich
Anne H. Ehrlich
Gretchen C. Daily
Population and Consumption: What We Know, What We Need to Know	37	(14)
Robert W. Kates
Water
Water for Food Production: Will There Be Enough in 2025?	51	(20)
Sandra L. Postel
Water Wars	71	(16)
Joyce R. Starr
Water and Conflict in Asia?	87	(16)
Paul J. Smith
Charles H. Gross
Life---or Death---for the Salton Sea?	103	(10)
Robert H. Boyle
Global Climate and Atmosphere
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Synthesis of Scientific-Technical Information Relevant to Article 2 of the UN Framework Convention	113	(18)
Shadows of the Climate Future	131	(12)
Stephen H. Schneider
Human Alteration of the Global Nitrogen Cycle: Causes and Consequences	143	(16)
Peter M. Vitousek
Biodiversity
Losing Strands in the Web of Life	159	(26)
John Tuxill
Chris Bright
Riches from the Rainforest	185	(6)
Chris Wille
Dying Seas	191	(14)
Anne Platt McGinn
Sustainable Solutions
Easter Island's End	205	(10)
Jared Diamond
Neotropical Restoration Biology	215	(12)
Daniel H. Janzen
What Are Ecosystem Services?	227	(6)
Gretchen C. Daily
Marine Ecosystem Services	233	(18)
Charles H. Peterson
Jane Lubchenco
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), Environmentally Sustainable Business Practices	251	(18)
NGOs and the Environment: From Knowledge to Action	269	(20)
Sheila Jasanoff
The Real Impacts of Household Consumption	289	(22)
Michael Brower
Warren Leon
Suggested Readings	311