Introduction:
Degradation of the environment, improvement of well-being
Important question
Problem of "free riders"
Positive-not alarmist-discourse
Well-being and the natural environment
Separation
Experience Of Nature:
Disappointing materialism
Let the statistics speak
Virtuous quartet
Biophilia
Nine perspectives on nature
Psychology of the environment
Explicative theories
Applications
Exploitation Of Animals:
Healing through animals
Cows, chickens, pigs
Eating less meat
Healthy eating
Giant hecatomb
Animal rights
Advances in animal well-being
Our leisure, not that of animals
Which is happier, the horse or the zebra?
Less unilateral relationship with animals
Infectious Environment:
Emerging diseases
Neolithic revolution
Infectious diseases
Zoonoses
Gifts from Asia
Vulnerability
Threat Of Arthropods:
Vector-borne diseases
Malaria and climate change
Attack of the ticks
Asian tiger in Europe
Sometimes it really is the climate
Disturbing a complex system
Bill Gates Or Microbes:
Pandemics
From monkey to human
From the pleasure of transcontinental travel
SARS, super-Asian rapid surge
Globalization of microbes
Paradoxical Cities:
Urbanized world
Cesspool of the first cities
Subtraction or addition
Unbreathable air
Dying of heat in cities
Healthy places
New alliance
Environmental Conflicts:
Return of Malthus
Environmental security
Theory tested by facts
Role of institutions
Too many or too few resources
First climate conflict?
Shadow of the military
Politics rather than the environment
Environmental Refugees:
Natural disasters
Millions of displaced
Waves of refugees
Demographic studies
Politics of asylum, political asylum
Another advantage for the rich
When Poor Countries Set An Example:
Liberalization and intervention in Vietnam
Ecotourism in Costa Rica
Middle road in Bhutan
Several paths
Conclusion:
Debriefing
Happiness of some creates the unhappiness of others
Five choices for the future
Five situations with dual advantages
Happiness and the environment
Acknowledgments
Bibliography.