Global Issues : An Introduction.

Intro -- Facebook page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- The Creation of Global Issues -- Developing toward What? -- Notes -- Chapter 1 Population -- The Changing Population of the World -- Causes of the Population Explosion -- How Population Growth Affects Development -- How Development Affects Population Growth -- Governmental Population Policies -- The Future -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2 Wealth and Poverty -- Wave of Hope: The Millennium Development Goals -- A Pessimistic View: The Persistence of Poverty -- Development Assistance and Foreign Aid -- A Market Approach -- The State as Economic Actor -- A Blended Approach -- Geography and Wealth, Geography and Poverty -- Globalization -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3 Food -- World Food Production -- How Many Are Hungry? -- Causes of World Hunger -- How Food Affects Development -- How Development Affects Food -- The "Green" Revolution -- Governmental Food Policies -- Future Food Supplies -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Energy -- The Energy-Climate Crisis -- Government Responses to the Energy-Climate Crisis -- The Effect of the Energy-Climate Crisis on Countries' Development Plans -- The Relationship between Energy Use and Development -- The Energy Transition -- Nuclear Power: A Case Study -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 5 Climate Change -- The Evidence and Impacts -- Uncertainties -- What Is Being Done at Present? -- What More Can Be Done? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 6 The Environment: Part I -- The Awakening -- The Air -- The Water -- The Land -- The Extinction of Species -- The Extinction of Cultures -- Notes -- Chapter 7 The Environment: Part II -- The Workplace and the Home -- Managing Waste -- Responsible Use.

Environmental Politics -- Overdevelopment -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 8 Technology -- Benefits of Technology -- Unanticipated Consequences of the Use of Technology -- Inappropriate Uses of Technology -- Limits to the "Technological Fix" -- War -- The Threat of Nuclear Weapons: A Case Study -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Chapter 9 Alternative Futures -- Development Pathways: Evaluating Our Current Situation -- Current Outlook: Business as Usual -- Collapse and Sustainable Development -- Choices -- Governance: Deciding How to Act on the Choices We Make -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Appendix 1 Studying and Teaching Global Issues -- For the Student -- For the Teacher -- Notes -- Appendix 2 Relevant Videos -- Appendix 3 Relevant Internet Websites -- Appendix 4 The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development -- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals -- Glossary -- Index -- EULA.

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