Annual Editions : Environment 04/05

by Allen, John L.

• ISBN13: 9780072861471
• ISBN10: 0072861479
• Edition: 23rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-05
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

This 23rd edition of Annual Editions: Environment 04/05 is a compilation of current articles from the best of the public press. The selections explore the global environment, the world's population, energy, the biosphere, natural resources, and pollution. A listing of related Web sites is included and access to the student support site Dushkin Online (www.dushkin.com/online).

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	x
Selected World Wide Web Sites	xiii
UNIT 1 The Global Environment: An Emerging World View
Unit Overview	xvi
How Many Planets? A Survey of the Global Environment, The Economist, July 6, 2002	2	(17)
Forget Nature. Even Eden Is Engineered	19	(7)
Andrew C. Revkin
Crimes of (a) Global Nature	26	(11)
Lisa Mastny
Hilary French
Toward a Sustainability Transition: The International Consensus	37	(10)
Thomas M. Parris
Making the Global Local: Responding to Climate Change Concerns From the Ground Up	47	(12)
Robert W. Kates
Thomas J. Wilbanks
UNIT 2 Population, Policy, and Economy
Unit Overview	56	(3)
Population and Consumption: What We Know, What We Need to Know	59	(7)
Robert W. Kates
An Economy for the Earth	66	(4)
Lester R. Brown
Factory Farming in the Developing World	70	(5)
Danielle Nierenberg
Common Ground for Farmers and Forests	75	(4)
Joyce Gregory Wyels
Where the Sidewalks End	79	(10)
Molly O'Meara Sheehan
UNIT 3 Energy: Present and Future Problems
Unit Overview	87	(2)
Beyond Oil: The Future of Energy	89	(8)
Fred Guterl
Adam Piore
William Underhill
Powder Keg	97	(4)
Keith Kloor
Living Without Oil	101	(6)
Marianne Lavelle
Renewable Energy: A Viable Choice	107	(11)
Antonia V. Herzog
Timothy E. Lipman
Jennifer L. Edwards
Daniel M. Kammen
Fossil Fuels and Energy Independence	118	(6)
B. Samuel Tanenbaum
UNIT 4 Biosphere: Endangered Species
Unit Overview	122	(2)
What Is Nature Worth?	124	(10)
Edward O. Wilson
Where Wildlife Rules	134	(4)
Frank Graham Jr.
Invasive Species: Pathogens of Globalization	138	(6)
Christopher Bright
On the Termination of Species	144	(11)
W. Wayt Gibbs
UNIT 5 Resources: Land and Water
Unit Overview	152	(3)
Where Have All the Farmers Gone?	155	(13)
Brian Halweil
What's a River For?	168	(5)
Bruce Barcott
A Human Thirst	173	(4)
Don Hinrichsen
Our Perilous Dependence on Groundwater	177	(4)
Marc J. Defant
Oceans Are on the Critical List	181	(8)
Anne Platt McGinn
UNIT 6 The Hazards of Growth: Polution and Climate Change
Unit Overview	186	(3)
Three Pollutants and an Emission	189	(4)
Dallas Burtraw
The Quest for Clean Water	193	(4)
Joseph Orlins
Anne Wehrly
Solving Hazy Mysteries	197	(3)
Sid Perkins
Feeling the Heat: Life in the Greenhouse	200	(5)
Michael D. Lemonick
Environmental Information Retrieval	205	(8)
Glossary	213	(6)
Index	219	(3)
Test Your Knowledge Form	222	(1)
Article Rating Form	223