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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1
V
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A World In Crisis: Environment
and Humanity in the Twenty-First
Century 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 The State of Earth s Nations 2
1.3 Prospects for the New Century 4
Population 4
Economic Development 4
Environment 6
Land Use 7
1.4 The Concept of Development 8
1.5 Earth s Capacity to Support Humans 10
The Carrying Capacity Concept 11
1.6 Limits to Growth 11
1.7 Your Role in the Global Environmental
Community 13
1.8 Summary 15
1.9 Key Terms and Concepts 15
1.10 Questions For Review 15
Chapter 2
The Search For An Enduring
Balance Between Humanity
and Environment 17
2.1 Introduction 17
2.2 The Growing Environmental Impact
of Human Activity 18
Trends in Poor and Wealthy Countries 19
2.3 Sustainable Land Use: The Key to
Environmental Management 20
Humanity as Part of Nature 21
Accounting for Pollution Costs
and Environmental Damage 21
Natural Resource Accounting 22
Reduction of Poverty 22
2.4 Necessary Changes in Resources Policies
for Sustainability 23
Reforming Agriculture 23
Promoting Efficient Raw Material
and Energy Use 23
Constraints on Achieving Sustainable
Land Use 24
Some Geographic Requisites
for Sustainability 25
A Grass-Roots Effort at Sustainable
Land Use 27
Measuring Sustainability 27
Summary 28
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2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
2.10 Key Terms and Concepts 28
2.11 Questions For Review 28
Chapter 3
The Global Context and Some
Geographic Imperatives 30
3.1 Introduction 30
3.2 The Scope of Environmental
Geography 30
Environmental Pollution 31
Environmental Disturbance 31
Land Use and Technology 31
3.3 The Global Context and Setting 32
Earth s Surface Features 32
Global Coordinate System 34
Zones of Latitude 35
Where People Live in the World 36
CONTENTS
3.4 Our Geographically Integrated Planet 37
Distance and Scale 37
Uncertainty and Risk 38
3.5 Human Use of the Earth 39
The Rural World 39
Agriculture, Forest, and Grassland 41
The Urban World 42
3.6 The Role of Human Values
and Environmental Regulations 43
Environmental Policy and Regulation 43
International Regulation 45
3.7 Summary 46
3.8 Key Terms and Concepts 47
3.9 Questions for Review 48
Chapter 4
Global Cycles and Systems:
The Master Environmental
Framework 49
4.1 Introduction 49
4.2 The General Organization of the Earth s
Environments 50
Lithosphere, Hydrosphere,
and Atmosphere 50
The Biosphere 51
The Ecological Context 53
4.3 The Source of Energy for the Earth s
Environments 54
Available Solar Energy 55
Global Distribution of Solar Energy 55
Radiation and Moisture: Implications
for Life Support 56
4.4 The Major Energy Systems of Earth 57
The Heat Path and Geophysical Systems 57
The Organic Path and Life Systems 57
4.5 The Cycle of Matter in Ecosystems 58
Nutrients 58
Nutrient Cycles 59
The Carbon Cycle 59
The CO, Balance 60
The Oxygen Cycle 60
The Oxygen Balance 60
The Nitrogen Cycle 61
The Phosphorus Cycle 61
4.6 Interrelations in Environmental
Systems 62
Primary Relationships 62
Secondary Relationships 64
4.7 The Gaia Concept 64
Geophysiology 64
Some Questions 64
4.8 Summary 65
4.9 Key Terms and Concepts 65
4.10 Questions for Review 66
Chapter 5
Ecosystems and the Bioclimatic
Environment 67
5.1 Introduction 67
5.2 Basic Form and Function
of an Ecosystem 68
Organization of Food Chains 68
Energy Flow 69
5.3 Plant Productivity: Feeding
Ecosystems 70
Limiting Factors 71
Productivity and Climatic Limitations 71
Global Productivity and Human Needs
and Impacts 73
5.4 Types of Ecosystems and Their
Characteristics 73
Terrestrial Ecosystems 73
Compositional Traits 74
Some Interrelations within Communities 75
Biogeographical Trends 75
5.5 Ecosystem Patterns and Distributions 76
Global Terrestrial Patterns 76
Global Marine Patterns 78
Patterns within Climatic Zones 81
5.6 Models of Spatial Dynamics
in Ecosystems 82
Succession Theory 82
Disturbance Theory 82
The Human Factor 83
5.7 Land Use as Ecosystems 83
5.8 Human Impact and Disturbance
of Ecosystems 85
5.9 Summary 88
5.10 Key Terms and Concepts 89
5.11 Questions for Review 90
Chapter 6
The Spread of Humanity
and the Challenge
of the Last Fron tiers 92
6.1 Introduction 92
6.2 Human Dispersal and Adaptation 93
6.3 The Rise of Human Populations 94
The Spread of Agriculture 94
Emergence of Global Power Centers 94
Global Zones of Human Occupation 96
6.4 Frontier Environments and the Modern
Threat 97
6.5 The Wet Tropics 97
Tropical Forest Loss 97
Environmental Consequences 99
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6.6 The Dry Lands 100
Types of Dry Environments 100
Moisture Variability 100
Desertification 101
6.7 The Cold Lands 102
Types of Cold Lands 103
Land Use and Environment 104
6.8 The Mountain Lands 105
Environmental Barriers 106
6.9 The Continental Shelves 106
Natural Resources 106
Environmental Threats 107
6.10 Summary 108
6.11 Key terms and Concepts 109
6.12 Questions for Review 110
Chapter 7
The Human Population:
Trends, Patterns, and Problems
111
7.1 Introduction 111
7.2 Historical Perspectives of Population
Trends 112
Resources, Technology, and Population
Growth 112
Future Population Trends in the Next
Generation 113
7.3 Population Patterns and Trends 113
Temporal and Spatial Variations
in Population 113
International Comparisons of Population Size
and Density 115
Variations in Population Density Patterns 116
Changing Perceptions of Population
Trends 117
Natural Population Changes 118
HIV/AIDS Epidemic Slowing Population
Growth 121
The Demographic Transition 122
Demographic Transition in the Developing
World 124
7.4 Fertility, Age Structure, and Population
Momentum 124
7.5 Family-Planning Programs in the
Developing World 126
7.6 A Worldwide Program to Stabilize World
Population—Improving the Status
ofWomen 127
7.7 Migration: Where Do People Go? 127
Some Reasons for Migration 127
North American Internal Migration 128
Some Demographic Effects of Migration 129
Migration and Environmental Impact 130
7.8 Problems Faced by Developing Countries
with Rapidly Growing Populations 130
Economic and Environmental Problems
of a Fast-Growing Developing Country—
A Case Study of Brazil 131
A Neo-Malthusian Specter 132
7.9 Perceived Problems in Developed
Countries with Stable or Declining
Populations 133
7.10 Population Trends that Will Shape
the Future 133
Continued but Declining Growth
in the Developing World 133
A World Growing Old 134
International Migration: Poor People Moving
to Rich Countries 134
7.11 Two Alternative Views of Future
Population Trends 134
7.12 Summary 135
7.13 Key Terms and Concepts 136
7.14 Questions for Review 136
Chapter 8
Agriculture, Food Production,
Hunger, and the Environment 137
8.1 Introduction 137
8.2 Cultural Evolution and the Development
of Global Agriculture 138
8.3 Industrialization and the Changing Nature
of Agriculture 139
8.4 Food Choices: The Plants and Animals
that Feed the World 140
8.5 Systems of Agricultural Production 144
Commercial Agriculture 146
8.6 A Geographical Perspective on World
Hunger and Malnutrition 146
Famine 146
Malnutrition 147
Why Does Hunger Persist in the Twenty-First
Century? 149
Agricultural Subsidies and Hunger 150
U.S. Food Aid 150
8.7 New Horizons in World Agriculture:
The Green Revolution 151
A New Chapter in the Green Revolution 152
Outside the Green Revolution: New Strategies
for Traditional Agriculture 153
Beyond the Green Revolution:
Biotechnology 154
Transgenic Crops in the Developing
World 154
8.8 Agriculture and the Environment 156
Soil Erosion 156
Salinization and Waterlogging 158
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Groundwater Depletion
and Contamination 158
Surface Water Impacts 158
Simplification, Substitution,
and Environmental Change 160
Environmental Regulation and
Agriculture 160
8.9 Moving Toward Sustainable Agricultural
Production 161
Conserving Soil Productivity 161
Conserving Energy Resources 163
Conserving Water Resources 163
Use of Perennials 163
Adoption of Natural Resource
Accounting 163
Developing Agricultural Policies that Support
Sustainable Agriculture 163
8.10 Can Sustainable Agriculture Supply
Enough Food for a Growing
Population? 164
Land 164
Water for Irrigation 164
Energy 164
Climate 164
Genetic Materials 165
Expansion of Knowledge 165
8.11 Summary 165
8.12 Key Terms and Concepts 166
8.13 Questions for Review 167
Chapter 9
^r (ieneraiion, I v,
the Environment
168
9.1 Introduction 168
9.2 Global Energy Sources and Uses 169
9.3 Fossil Fuels 172
Coal 173
Crude Oil or Petroleum 176
Natural Gas 180
9.4 Nuclear Power 182
Generating Electricity in a Nuclear Power
Plant 182
9.5 Renewable and Perpetual Energy-
Resources 185
Biomass 185
Hydroelectric Power 187
Wind Power 188
Solar Energy 189
Geothermal and Tidal Energy 192
9.6 The Transition to Renewable Energy
Resources 192
Hydrogen: The Key to a Sustainable Energy-
Future 193
9.7 Using Energy More Efficiently 194
Reducing Energy Consumption
in Buildings 194
Improving Energy Efficiency in Industry 195
Saving Energy in Transportation 195
Fuel-Cell Vehicles (FCVs) 196
9.8 Summary 196
9.9 Key Terms and Concepts 197
9.10 Questions for Review 198
Chapter 10
The Atmospheric Environment:
Climate, Laud Use, and Global
Warming 199
10.1 Introduction 199
10.2 The General Composition of Air 200
Carbon Dioxide and Ozone 200
Water Vapor and Airborne Particles 200
10.3 Thermal Structure of the
Atmosphere 201
The Troposphere 201
The Stratosphere and Above 202
10.4 Atmospheric Pressure and General
Circulation 202
Vertical Distribution of Pressure 202
Wind and Pressure Systems 203
Global Pressure and Prevailing Wind
Systems 205
Global Circulation and Air Pollution 205
10.5 Solar Radiation in the Atmosphere 206
10.6 Breakdown of the Solar Beam 207
Reduction by the Stratosphere 207
Reduction by the Troposphere 207
Surface Reflection and Absorption 207
Cloud and Pollution Factors 207
10.7 Earth s Heat Balance 209
The Distribution of Solar Heating 209
Recycling Heat and Radiation 210
Earth s Equilibrium Temperature 210
10.8 The Greenhouse Effect and Global
Warming 211
Heat-Absorbing Gases 211
Trends and Forecasts 212
A Counterargument 213
Some Consequences of Atmospheric
Warming 214
10.9 The Effects of Urban Climate 216
Thermal Conditions 216
Precipitation Trends 216
Growth of Megacities 217
Heat Syndrome 217
Improving the Urban Climate 218
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10.10 Managing the Global Climate 219
Efforts of International Policy 220
Making the Switch to Cleaner Fuel
Systems 220
Some Reasonable Considerations 220
10.11 Summary 220
10.12 Key Terms and Concepts 221
10.13 Questions for Review 222
Chapter 11
Air Pollution: Patterns, Trends,
and Impacts 223
11.1 Introduction 223
11.2 Types of Air Pollution 224
The Major Pollutants 224
Relative Human and Natural
Contributions 225
11.3 Sources of Air Pollution 226
Pollution Sources in Developed
Countries 226
Pollution Sources in Developing
Countries 229
11.4 Processes, Patterns, and Scales
of Air Pollution 230
Plume Patterns 230
Thermal Inversion Episodes 230
Tropospheric Mixing of Pollutants 232
Global Dispersal of Air Pollution 236
11.5 Patterns of Pollution in the Urban
Region 236
Urban Land-Use Patterns 236
Local Pollution Patterns in Cities 236
Air Pollution within Buildings 237
The Urban Thermal Landscape 238
Urban Planning for Air Quality 240
11.6 Air Pollution Impacts on People
and Environment 240
Air Pollution and Human Health 240
Impacts on Crops, Forests, and
Ecosystems 241
Impacts on Water Quality 242
11.7 Air Pollution Control: How Well Are
We Doing? 242
Prospects for Clean Air in the Developing
World 242
Building Pollution-Control
Programs 243
Air Pollution Control in the United
States 244
11.8 Summary 247
11.9 Key terms and Concepts 247
11.10 Questions for Review 248
Chapter 12
The Hydrologic Environment:
Precipitation, Land Use,
and Water Resources 249
12.1 Introduction 249
12.2 The Hydrologic Cycle 250
Components of the Cycle 250
Water Vapor, Condensation,
and Precipitation 251
12.3 Precipitation, Storms, and their Impact
on Environment 252
Convectional Precipitation 252
Environmental Impacts 252
Thunderstorms and Global Warming 252
Orographic Precipitation 254
Environmental Impacts 254
Frontal/Cyclonic Precipitation 255
Environmental Impacts 257
Convergent Precipitation 258
Environmental Impacts 259
Hurricanes and Global Warming 259
12.4 Streamflow and Floods 260
Sources of Streamfiow 260
Drainage Basins 260
12.5 Flood Hazard and Land Use 261
12.6 Managing the World s Watersheds 263
12.7 Groundwater 265
Aquifers and Their Functions 265
Aquifer Use and Decline 266
12.8 Lakes, Ponds, and Wetlands 267
Wetlands 269
Wetland Trends 269
Lakes and Ponds 269
12.9 Human Use of Water 270
Global Supplies and Problems 272
Privatization of Water Supply
Systems 273
Environmental Effects of Water Use 274
12.10 Managing Water Resources
for Sustained Use 275
12.11 Summary 277
12.12 Key Terms and Concepts 278
12.13 Questions for Review 279
Chapter 13
280
Water Pollution: Patterns,
Trends, and Impacts
13.1 Introduction 280
13.2 Types of Water Pollution 281
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13.3 Measuring Water Pollution 281
Pollution Concentration and Loading 281
Setting Standards for Water Pollution 281
13.4 Water Pollution Sources and Distribution
Processes 282
Water Pollution in the Traditional Rural
Landscape 284
Water Pollution in the Modern Urban
Landscape 284
Stormwater Pollution 286
Water Pollution from Agriculture 287
Soil Erosion as a Source of Water
Pollution 289
Air Pollution as a Source of Water
Pollution 290
13.5 Groundwater Pollution 291
Groundwater Pollution from Hazardous
Waste 292
Groundwater Pollution from Solid
Waste 293
Other Sources of Groundwater
Pollution 294
Groundwater Protection 295
13.6 Pathways and Sinks in the Hydrologic
Cycle 295
Movement Through the Atmosphere
and Streams 296
Pollution Sinks: Environmental Waste
Bins 296
Humans and Other Organisms as Pollution
Sinks 297
13.7 Pollution of the Oceans 298
13.8 Pollution Control with Treatment
Systems 299
Primary and Secondary Sewage Treatment
Systems 300
Advanced Treatment Systems 300
Low-Tech Treatment Systems 300
13.9 Summary 302
13.10 Key Terms and Concepts 304
13.11 Questions for Review 304
Chapter 14
Central and Eastern European Hazardous
Waste Experience 313
The Evolving Geography of Hazardous
Waste 314
14.4 Some Consequences of Improper Waste
Management 316
The Love Canal, Niagara Falls, New York
Disaster 316
The Bhopal, India Disaster 316
Health Effects of Hazardous Wastes 317
14.5 Hazardous Waste Regulation
in the United States 317
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 317
The U.S. Superfund Program 318
Polluter-Pays Laws 318
14.6 Modern Hazardous Waste Disposal
Methods 318
Land Disposal Methods for Hazardous
Waste 318
Radioactive Waste Disposal 320
14.7 Hazardous Waste Treatment 322
Land Application of Hazardous Waste 322
Processing and Incineration of Hazardous
Waste 322
14.8 Waste Reduction and Recycling 322
Why Recycle? 322
Modern Recycling Efforts 323
Recycling the Automobile 324
14.9 Summary 326
14.10 Key Terms and Concepts 327
14.11 Questions for Review 328
Chapter 15
329
Soil and Land: Formation, Use,
and Abuse
Hazardous Waste: Sources,
Problems, and Management
14.1 Introduction 306
14.2 Types and Sources of Disposable
Waste 307
Hazardous Wastes 308
Distribution of Hazardous Wastes 309
14.3 Traditional Methods of Waste
Disposal 311
Hazardous Waste Dumping 312
306
15.1 Introduction 329
15.2 Geographic Organization
of the Land 330
15.3 Topography and Land Use 331
15.4 The Soil Mantle: Sources of Plant
Material 333
15.5 Soil Properties: Key Soil Traits
and Components 335
Soil Composition 335
Soil Texture 337
Soil Water 338
Water Types, Processes, and Climate 338
15.6 Soil-Forming Processes: Solum
as a Chemical System 339
Sources of Chemical Matter in Soil 339
Chemical Process of the Solum 340
Soil Formation and Features 340
The Soil Profile 341
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15.7 Integrated Models of Soil, Land Use,
and Environment 343
Wet Tropical Soil Regime 343
Desert and Grassland Soil Regime 343
Midlatitude Forest Soil Regime 343
Permafrost Tundra Soil Regime 344
Wetland Soil Regime 344
Floodplain Soil Regime 344
Cropland Soil Regime 344
15.8 Soil Loss by Erosion 344
Soil Erosion by Runoff 345
Soil Erosion and Sediment Loss Rates 346
15.9 Environmental Impacts
of Soil Erosion 348
Impacts on Water Features 349
Other Impacts Related to Agriculture 350
15.10 The Challenge to Managing Our Soil
Reservoir 351
15.11 Summary 352
15.12 Key Terms and Concepts 353
15.13 Questions for Review 353
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Biological Diversity: Trends,
Threats, and Protection
355
16.1 Introduction 355
16.2 The Concept of a Species 356
The Process of Speciation 3 56
The Geographic Ranges of Species 357
Species Extinction 358
16.3 Genetic Diversity:
A Global Resource 359
16.4 Species Counts, Estimates, and Extinction
Trends 361
Extinction Events and Trends 361
Extinction and the Human Scene 361
The Loss of Tropical Forest Habitat 362
16.5 Geographical Biodiversity 363
Relationship between Organisms
and Their Habitat 364
Land Use and Habitat Loss 366
Opportunistic Species 368
16.6 Endangered, Threatened, and Protected
Species 369
The Most Vulnerable Species 370
16.7 Ways of Cutting Biodiversity Losses 370
Application of Landscape Ecology 371
Repairing Damaged Landscapes 371
Stream and Watershed Restoration 3 72
16.8 Summary 374
16.9 Key Terms and Concepts 375
16.10 Questions for Review 376
Open-Land Resources: Forests,
Grasslands and Shrublands, Parks,
and Preserves 377
17.1 Introduction 377
17.2 Development and Exploitation
of Open-Land Resources 378
Forest Use and Mining 379
Decline of Wildlife and Closing
of the Frontier 379
Settlement and Resources Development
Trends in Other Regions 380
17.3 Conservation and Preservation
of Open-Land Resources 380
The American Conservation
Movement 380
New Deal Conservation 380
Current Public Land Management 380
17.4 Forests, Woodlands, and Land Use 381
Types of Forests and Woodlands 382
Forests as a Multiple-Use Resource 383
Forests in Parks, Wilderness, and Other
Reserves 384
Lumber, Fuelwood, and Other Forest
Products 384
Commercial Logging and Environmental
Impact 386
Recent Trends in Forest Resource Use
in the United States 387
Forest Extent, Ownership, and Age 387
Timber Harvest and Growth 387
Protected Forests 388
The National Forest System 388
Sustainable Forest Management 389
17.5 Grasslands and Shrublands, Herding,
and Ranching 390
Traditional Use of Grasslands and
Shrublands 391
Commercial Ranching 391
North America s Grasslands
and Shrublands 392
Use of Grasslands and Shrublands
in North America 392
Managing the Public Range 392
17.6 The Parks Movement 393
The National Park System
in the United States 394
State, Provincial, and Urban Parks
in the United States and Canada 395
17.7 The Wilderness Movement 396
Inventory of the Earth s Wildlands 396
International Wilderness Programs 397
The Role of Nongovernmental
Organizations 398
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17.8 Summary 398
17.9 Key Terms and Concepts 399
17.10 Questions for Review 399
Chapter 18
Managing the Global Environment:
The Drive Toward a Sustainable
World 401
18.1 Introduction 401
18.2 Progress Toward Sustainable
Development at the Beginning
of the New Millennium 402
Stabilizing World Population 402
Meeting Human Needs 402
Maintaining Earth s Life Support Systems
and Living Resources 402
Atmosphere and Climate 402
Oceans and Freshwater 403
Land Use and Land Cover 403
Terrestrial Biodiversity 403
Toxics 403
A Summary of Progress 403
18.3 Several Unsustainable Environmental
Trends 404
18.4 International Institutions to Manage
the Environment 405
Setting the Precedent: Establishing
Institutions 405
Sustainable Economic Development:
The Key to Environmental Management
in Developing Countries 407
The United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development
(UNCED) 407
Progress Since UNCED 407
World Summit on Sustainable
Development 408
Nongovernmental Organization (NGOs) 408
Grass-roots Movement 409
18.5 Monitoring Environmental Change
with Remote Sensing 410
An Introduction to Some Remote Sensing
Systems 410
Aircraft Remote Sensing to Map
and Inventory Resources 411
Satellite Remote Sensing to Monitor
the Environment 413
Meteorology Satellites 413
Earth Resources Satellites 415
Satellites Using Remote Sensing Radar 419
Mission to Planet Earth and Earth Science
Enterprise 420
18.6 Geographic Information Systems 421
Data Input 422
Data Manipulation and Analyses 423
Information Output 423
18.7 The Role of GIS in Environmental
Management 424
18.8 Global Change, Research, and Geographic
Information Systems 424
GIS and Environmental Change 424
GIS and Climate Change 424
GIS and Hydrologic Systems 425
Ecosystem Change Modeling and GIS 425
Human Interaction and GIS 425
18.9 Summary 426
18.10 Key Terms and Concepts 427
18.11 Questions for Review 428
Glossary
Credits
References for Further
Reading
Index
429
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