Exploring environmental issues [electronic resource] : an integrated approach / David D. Kemp.

1. The environment and the history of environmental concerns
The environment and its components
Society and environment
The environmental movement
Environmental issues and the environmental movement in the twentieth century
Summary and conclusion
2. The physical environment
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Summary and conclusion
3. The biosphere : the living environment
Soil
Plants and animals in the biosphere
Ecosystems and biomes
Summary and conclusion
4. Demography and world population growth
Population ecology
The earth's human population
Stages of world population growth
The demographic transition and the environment
World population growth and trends
Summary and conclusion
5. Society, resources, technology and the environment
Resources
Conservation, preservation and sustainability
The role of technology
Summary and conclusion
6. Human use of the land and its environmental consequences
Threats to the land resource
Pressure on land : resource extraction and depletion
Pressure on land : infrastructure and waste disposal
Summary and conclusion
7. Threats to wildlife and plants
Wilderness
Habitat destruction
Loss of biodiversity
Summary and conclusion
8. Threats to the availability and quality of water
Water use
Water availability
Water quality
Water pollution : sources, impacts and solutions
Pollution in the oceans
Summary and conclusion
9. Drought, famine and desertification
Drought
Famine
Desertification
Summary and conclusion
10. Air pollution and acid rain
The constituents of the atmosphere and air pollution
Urban air pollution
Acid precipitation
Summary and conclusion
11. Ozone depletion and global warming
Ozone depletion
Global warming
Summary and conclusion
12. Problems, prospects and solutions
Current perceptions of the state of the environment
Business as usual, adaptation or prevention?
International cooperation
Is sustainable development the answer?