β Scribed by Frederic R. Siegel (auth.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
This book brings together in a single volume a grand overview of solutions - political, economic, and scientific - to social and environmental problems that are related to the growth of human populations in areas that can least cope with them now. Through progressive adaptation to social and environmental changes projected for the future, including population growth, global warming/climate change, water deficits, and increasing competition for other natural resources, the world may be able to achieve a fair degree of sustainability for some time into the future.
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Population Assessments: 2013β2050β2100: Growth, Stability, Contraction....Pages 1-8
Options to Increase Freshwater Supplies and Accessibility....Pages 9-30
Strategies to Increase Food Supplies for Rapidly Growing Populations: Crops, Livestock, and Fisheries....Pages 31-51
Shelter: Proactive Planning to Protect Citizens from Natural Hazards....Pages 53-67
Development Planning: A Process to Protect People, Ecosystems, and Business Productivity/Longevity....Pages 69-74
Exertion of Political Influence by Commodity-Based Economic Pressure: Control of Energy and Mineral Natural Resources....Pages 75-84
Global Perils that Reduce the Earthβs Capacity to Sustain and Safeguard Growing PopulationsβTactics to Mitigate or Suppress Them....Pages 85-119
Stressors on Citizens and Ecosystems: Alleviation Tactics....Pages 121-136
Progressive Adaptation: The Key to Sustaining a Growing Global Population....Pages 137-160
Back Matter....Pages 161-164
Sustainable Development; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management; Energy Policy, Economics and Management; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Mineral Resources; Natural Hazards
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