Our Global Environment: A Health Perspective - Softcover

Nadakavukaren, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577666860 ISBN 13: 9781577666868

Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 2011

Synopsis

The crucial interdependence between humans and their environment is explored and illuminated in this revealing overview of the major environmental issues facing society in the twenty-first century. With attention to detail and cogent language, the author describes how human health and well-being are inextricably bound up in the web of interrelationships that characterize life on this planet. The presentation combines an overall ecological concern with specific elements related to personal and community health, giving readers a clear sense of how today's environmental issues directly impact their own lives.

New to the seventh edition is a chapter on clean energy alternatives that evaluates the long-term potential of the most promising renewable energy technologies as well as short-term strategies to increase energy efficiency. The discussion of global climate change has been significantly updated to reflect the latest assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with regard to evidence of global warming, mitigation strategies, and adaptation measures, as well as an up-to-date summary of ongoing international efforts to negotiate binding treaties that would produce meaningful reductions in greenhouse gases.

Our Global Environment is widely praised by students and faculty for its clear, compelling presentation. Abundant photographs and illustrations highlight salient issues and clarify trends, while boxed inserts in every chapter contain timely examples of general concepts presented in the chapters.

An accompanying Study Guide is available separately. Not-for-sale instructor resource material available to college and university faculty only; contact publisher directly.

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From the Publisher:

Survey of environmental issues facing the world today . . .
OUR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, 4/e provides a broad, up-to-date survey of the major environmental issues facing the world today. It describes the ecological impact of various human activities combined with specific issues of personal and community health, emphasizing the interrelatedness of the two. A great strength is its ability to impart to readers a sense of how these environmental issues directly affect their own lives, as well as to make them aware of opportunities to participate in decision-making processes that will influence health and environmental quality in years to come. Beginning with rudimentary discussion of general ecological principles, the text focuses primarily on our present population-resources-population crisis and explains why human health and welfare depend on a successful resolution of these challenges. The presentation of materials is enhanced by 89 photographs while more than 85 maps, charts, and graphs will better enable readers to synthesize information and identify trends. CONTENTS: I. PEOPLE, PROGRESS, AND NATURE: Is Conflict Inevitable? 1. Introduction to Ecological Principles 2. Population Dynamics 3. Population Control 4. The People-Food Predicament 5. Fall-Out From the "Population Bomb": Impacts on Human Resources and Ecosystems II. OUR TOXIC ENVIRONMENT: Does Everything Cause Cancer? 6. Environmental Disease 7. Toxic Substances 8. Pests and Pesticides 9. Food Quality 10. Radiation III. ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: How We Foul Our Own Nest 11. The Atmosphere 12. Air Pollution 13. Noise Pollution 14. Water Resources 15. Water Pollution 16. Solid and Hazardous Wastes ATTENTION!! STUDY GUIDE TO ACCOMPANY 'OUR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, 4/e' also available. Contains exercises related to topics covered in the corresponding chapters of the text.

About this edition

• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1577666860
• ISBN 13: 9781577666868
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 534