The Changing Environment

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Environment and population. 3. Tracking the ecology of climate change. 4. Environmental impact assessment. 5. Ozone experience. 6. Pollution and fisheries. 7. Safeguarding oceans. 8. Marine pollution. 9. Facing water scarcity. 10. Management of Eroded lands. 11. Preventing chronic disease in developing  countries. 12. Problems in Urban air pollution control. 13. New vision for cities. 14. Science: for villages. 15. Preserving global cropland. 16. The effects of modern living on the sociobiology of mankind. 17. Ending violent conflict. 18. Environment: some futuristic considerations. 19. Forging a sustainable materials economy. 20. New trends in environmental education. 21. Protecting forests from air pollution and acid rain. Index.

"In our efforts to seek comfort we have damaged our environment. We have depleted our natural resources and distributed the ecological balance and created pollution in water, air and soil.

Aim of this book is to define pollution, the source and effects of pollution. It discusses how technology has contributed to the degradation of environment. It examines the tremendous increase in population and the role education can play in finding a solution.

Objective has been to select material in accordance with the course contents of environmental science. Effort has been made to collect interesting and innovative essays for all those who want to understand the subject of environmental change." (jacket)