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Countering 21st Century Social-Environmental Threats to Growing Global Populations

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 environ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Siegel, Frederic R. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Population Assessments 2012-2050: Growth, Stability, Contraction
  • Options To Increase Freshwater Supplies And Accessibility
  • Strategies To Increase Food Supplies For Rapidly Growing Populations: Crops, Livestock, Fisheries
  • Shelter: Proactive Planning To Protect Citizens From Natural Hazards
  • Development Planning: A Process To Protect People, Ecosystems, And Project Productivity And Longevity
  • Exertion Of Political Influence By Commodity-Base Economic Pressure: Control Of Energy Sources And Mineral Resources
  • Global Perils That Reduce Earth's Capability To Sustain And Safeguard Growing Populations: Tactics To Mitigate Or Suppress Them
  • Stressors On People And Ecosystems: Alleviation Tactics
  • Progressive Adaptation: The Key To Sustaining A Growing Global Population
  • Index.