Table of contents for Global environmental challenges of the twenty-first century : resources, consumption, and sustainable solutions / edited by David E. Lorey.


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Driving Forces

1  J. JOSEPH SPEIDEL, Environment and Health: Population,
    Consumption, and the Environment,  1

2  PAUL R. EHRLICH, ANNE H. EHRLICH, AND GRETCHEN C. DAILY,
    Food Security, Population, and Environment,  15

3  ROBERT W KATES, Population and Consumption: What We Know,
    What We Need to Know, 37

Water

4  SANDRA L. POSTEL, Water for Food Production: Will There Be
    Enough in 2025? 51

5  JOYCE R. STARR, Water Wars,  71

6  PAUL J. SMITH AND CHARLES H. GROSS, Water and Conflict
    in Asia? 87

7  ROBERT H. BOYLE, Life-or Death-for the Salton Sea?  103

Global Climate and Atmosphere

8  INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC),
    Synthesis of Scientific-Technical Information Relevant to
    Article 2 of the UN Framework Convention,  113
    
9  STEPHEN H. SCHNEIDER, Shadows of the Climate Future,  131

10 PETER M. VITOUSEK et al., Human Alteration of the Global
    Nitrogen Cycle: Causes and Consequences,  143

Biodiversity

11 JOHN TUXILL AND CHRIS BRIGHT, Losing Strands in the
    Web of Life, 159
    
12 CHRIS WILLE, Riches from the Rainforest,  185



13 ANNE PLATT McGNN, Dying Seas,  191

Sustainable Solutions

14 JARED DIAMOND, Easter Island's End,  205

15 DANIEL H. JANZEN, Neotropical Restoration Biology,  215

16 GRETCHEN C. DAILY, What Are Ecosystem Services?  227

17 CHARLES H. PETERSON AND JANE LUBCHENCO, Marine Ecosystem
    Services, 233 
    
18 BUSINEss FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (BSR), Environmentally Sustain-
    able Business Practices,  251
    
19 SHEILA JASANOFF, NGOs and the Environment: From Knowledge
    to Action, 269
    
20 MICHAEL BROWER AND WARREN LEON, The Real Impacts of
    Household Consumption, 289

Suggested Readings,  311