North, South, and the environmental crisis:
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Tables and Figures ix
Preface xi
Acronyms xv
A Note on Measurement xvi
1 Snapshot of a Changing Earth 3
The context and purpose of this book 3
Human response to biospheric change 4
The impact of the international development effort 5
The evolution of the South 8
The emergence of public concern over the environment 12
Limits to economic growth 13
Global environmental change 15
Some implications of system closure on a global scale 16
The communication challenge 19
The scope of this book and some reasons for optimism 19
2 A Framework for Analysis: Systems, Cycles, and Transitions 22
Systems theory, economics, ecology, and energy 23
Environmental pathways and global cycles 29
The human species in transition 31
Economic growth, conflict, and sustainable development 34
Decision making 36
3 Global Warming 39
Climate change before human interference 40
The impact of human activities on the atmosphere 41
Implications of anthropogenic climate change 48
Policy options 51
vi Contents
4 Ozone and CFCs 56
The role of ozone in the atmosphere 56
The impact of CFCs on stratospheric ozone 58
Implications of the depletion of stratospheric ozone 60
The role of CFCs in manufacturing 61
Steps toward the elimination of CFCs 63
5 Acid Rain — The Global Implications 67
Acid precipitation 67
Acidification of the environment 69
The regional impact of acidification 72
Acidification in the South 77
Steps towards clean up 78
6 Management of the Ocean 81
The role of the ocean in human affairs 81
The role of the ocean in bio geochemical cycles 82
The ocean as a sink for wastes 84
The ocean as a source of food 89
The ocean as a source of minerals and power 91
Regional examples of ocean mismanagement 91
Options for the redevelopment of the ocean 93
7 Land for Food and Energy 95
Forests, soils, and land use change 98
The stock of agricultural land 100
Agricultural productivity 102
Agricultural policy in the South 107
Energy sources 103
A coherent land use policy 112
8 Water Supply 114
Sources of water and uses of water 114
Water for irrigation 117
Water and human health 122
Water and wildlife 126
Water for all? 127
Contents vii
9 Urban Management 129
Urbanization in the North 129
Urbanization in the South 131
Urban finance and urban management 134
Urban water supply 135
Urban food 137
Urban fuel 138
The management of urban risks 140
Cities and global change 141
Prospects for improved urban management 142
10 Waste Management 145
The management of household wastes in the North 147
The management of household wastes in the South 152
The export of waste 155
11 The Environment and International Relations 160
The global commons under stress 162
From Stockholm to Rio 168
12 Priorities for Analysis and Mitigation 172
Poverty 173
Technology 175
Incentives 176
Postscript 179
Glossary 183
References 195
Index 205
Tables and Figures
Tables
1.1 GNPper capita for selected countries, 1988 11
3.1 Impact and characteristics of trace gases 44
3.2 Carbon emissions from deforestation from selected countries in the
South 45
3.3 Carbon emissions by type of fuel 47
6.1 Ten countries with the largest fish catch, 1982 89
6.2 Annual inputs of pollutants into the Mediterranean 92
7.1 World grain trade, 1950 88 103
7.2 Government energy R D research budgets in some OECD
countries, by source, 1986 111
8.1 World irrigated cropland 119
8.2 Pathways for water related diseases 123
9.1 Water demand in Senegal projected for the year 2005 136
9.2 Implied elasticity of demand for charcoal in Dakar 139
10.1 Type of waste and treatment 149
Figures
1.1 Changes in per capita income 8
1.2 Changes in life expectancy 9
1.3 Changes in adult literacy 9
1.4 Changes in infant mortality 10
2.1 Typical producer consumer ecosystem 26
2.2 Typical branches within a food chain to illustrate bio accumulation of
DDT 28
2.3 The hydrological cycle 30
2.4 The demographic transition model 32
2.5 The diet transition 33
3.1 The global carbon cycle 42
3.2 The earth s heat balance 43
3.3 Carbon emissions per capita, 1987 45
3.4 Total carbon emissions, 1987 46
x list of Tables and Figures
3.5 Carbon emissions per dollar of GNP, 1987 46
4.1 Ozone in the stratosphere 57
5.1 Percentage of SOX and NOX emissions by source 73
5.2 pH and levels of aluminum in Lake Ommern, Sweden 73
5.3 Total sulphur oxide emissions, late 1980s 74
5.4 Sulphur oxide emissions per capita, late 1980s 74
5.5 Sulphur oxide emissions per GDP, late 1980s 75
5.6 Percentage fall in SOX emissions from 1980 to late 1980s 75
5.7 Trends in anthropogenic sulphur oxide emissions 79
6.1 Wastes and metals dumped in the North Adantic 88
7.1 Energy inputs for corn production in the United States 105
8.1 The global distribution of water 115
8.2 Total area irrigated, by country 118
8.3 Percentage of farmland irrigated, by country 118
8.4 Irrigated land damaged by salinization 120
8.5 Water systems non operational in Ethiopia 125
9.1 North, South: urban and rural populations 132
9.2 North, South: percentage urbanized 132
9.3 The six largest cities in 1985 133
9.4 Cereal consumption in Senegal 137
10.1 Municipal waste per capita 148
10.2 Annual quantity of municipal waste 148
10.3 Percentage of people served by waste water treatment 151
11.1 Daily flux of carbon dioxide in the Ferruzzi Group of companies,
1988 163
12.1 Military and social expenditures 178
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