Environmental Issues Surrounding Human Overpopulation

Author: Rajeev Pratap Singh   Anita Singh   Vaibhav Srivastava  

Publisher: IGI Global‎

Publication year: 2016

E-ISBN: 9781522516842

Subject: X5 Environmental Pollution and Prevention

Language: ENG

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Description

There are many factors to be considered when examining the current state of environmental problems in the modern world. By addressing these causes, the preservation of ecosystems and environmental resources can be maintained. Environmental Issues Surrounding Human Overpopulation is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the depletion of natural resources due to overpopulation and presents insights on how these environmental threats can be addressed. Highlighting technological, economic, and social perspectives, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, researchers, academics, students, and practitioners interested in better understanding the current state of the global environment.

Chapter

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgment

Chapter 1: Human Overpopulation

Chapter 2: Human Overpopulation and Food Security

Chapter 3: Population and Global Food Security

Chapter 4: Study of Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Its Environmental Effects

Chapter 5: Monitoring Changes in Urban Cover Using Landsat Satellite Images and Demographical Information

Chapter 6: Genetically Modified Crops

Chapter 7: Applying a Grass-Root Approach to Empowering Change Agents to Transform Pro-Conservation Attitudes and Behaviors in Over-Populated China

Chapter 8: Impact of Overpopulation on Land Use Pattern

Chapter 9: Giving Waste a Second Chance

Chapter 10: Assessment of Available Technologies for Hospital Waste Management

Chapter 11: Overpopulation and Its Association with Natural Disasters

Chapter 12: Airborne Particulate Matter

Chapter 13: Harmful Effects of Ecosystem Impairment on Human Health

Chapter 14: Tropospheric Ozone Pollution, Agriculture, and Food Security

Chapter 15: Human Overpopulation and Water Pollution

Compilation of References

About the Contributors

Index

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