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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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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.