Aaas Atlas of Population and Environment

by Harrison, Paul; Pearce, Fred; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Raven, Peter H.

• ISBN13: 9780520230811
• ISBN10: 0520230817
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Brings together an enormous amount of available and up-to-date information concerning population growth and its impact on the biosphere, including the technology of waste management and the way the environment changes in response to a given amount of resource use and/or pollution. Scrupulously illustrated with charts and maps.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Foreword	ix
Peter H. Raven
PART 1: OVERVIEW
The scale of our presence	3	(4)
The theory of population-environment links	7	(5)
Population and consumption trends	12	(9)
Natural resources and wastes	21	(6)
The state of major ecosystems	27	(8)
Policy responses	35	(3)
Overview endnotes	38	(5)
PART 2: ATLAS
Population and natural resources	43	(28)
Energy	47	(4)
Freshwater	51	(4)
Foodcrops	55	(4)
Meat and fish	59	(4)
Forest products	63	(4)
International trade	67	(4)
Population and landuse	71	(24)
Croplands	75	(4)
Pastures	79	(4)
Mineral extraction	83	(4)
Migration and tourism	87	(4)
Urbanization	91	(4)
Population and atmosphere	95	(12)
Climate change	99	(4)
Air pollution	103	(4)
Population, waste and chemicals	107	(12)
Industrial chemicals	111	(4)
Agrochemicals	115	(4)
Population and ecosystems	119	(40)
Mountains	123	(4)
Forests	127	(4)
Deserts and drylands	131	(4)
Freshwater wetlands	135	(4)
Mangroves and estuaries	139	(4)
Coral reefs	143	(4)
Regional seas	147	(4)
Oceans	151	(4)
Polar regions	155	(4)
Population and biodiversity	159	(31)
Species	163	(4)
Ecosystems and conservation	167	(4)
Atlas endnotes	171	(7)
PART 3: CASE STUDIES
The Northern Andes	178	(2)
Canaima National Park	180	(2)
The Dominican Republic	182	(2)
The Eastern Himalayas	184	(2)
Madagascar	186	(2)
The Sonoran Desert	188	(2)
Index	190	(8)
Sources	198	(4)
World map	202	(2)
Conversion tables	204