Content: Front Cover
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Authors
Introduction
section one: Introduction to global environmental concepts and principles
chapter one: Historical context of the environmental movement
chapter two: Concepts and principles underlying environmental policy
chapter three: Sustainability and environmental policy
chapter four: Environmental policy treaties and their implementation
section two: Sustainability, environmental impact assessment, and decision making
chapter five: Environmental impact assessment
chapter six: Environmental decision-making theory and practice Chapter seven: Environmental management systemssection three: Environmental ethics and economics
chapter eight: Environmental ethics
chapter nine: Environmental economics
section four: Critical global environmental issues
chapter ten: Coming water wars
chapter eleven: Peak oil, alternatives, and energy policy: The looming world oil crisis
chapter twelve: Peak food or peak everything: An era of bounty or begging?
chapter thirteen: Global climate change
chapter fourteen: Global population paradox: Population explosion or implosion?
Epilogue: Acting locally: Six degrees of separation