Countering 21st Century Social-Environmental Threats to Growing Global Populations

• Main Author: Siegel, Frederic R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science,
• Subjects: Environment.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Mineral resources.; Natural disasters.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Mineral Resources.; Natural Hazards.
• Physical Description: XV, 164 p. 1 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319096865
• ISSN: 2191-5547

This book brings together in a single volume a grand overview of solutions - political, economic, and scientific - to social and environmental problems that are related to the growth of human populations in areas that can least cope with them now. Through progressive adaptation to social and environmental changes projected for the future, including population growth, global warming/climate change, water deficits, and increasing competition for other natural resources, the world may be able to achieve a fair degree of sustainability for some time into the future.