Countering 21st Century Social-Environmental Threats to Growing Global Populations - Siegel, Frederic R.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
Population Assessments 2012-2050: Growth, Stability, Contraction -- Options To Increase Freshwater Supplies And Accessibility -- Strategies To Increase Food Supplies For Rapidly Growing Populations: Crops, Livestock, Fisheries -- Shelter: Proactive Planning To Protect Citizens From Natural Hazards -- Development Planning: A Process To Protect People, Ecosystems, And Project Productivity And Longevity -- Exertion Of Political Influence By Commodity-Base Economic Pressure: Control Of Energy Sources And Mineral Resources -- Global Perils That Reduce Earth's Capability To Sustain And Safeguard Growing Populations: Tactics To Mitigate Or Suppress Them -- Stressors On People And Ecosystems: Alleviation Tactics -- Progressive Adaptation: The Key To Sustaining A Growing Global Population -- Index.
Keywords: Sustainable development; Environmental management; Energy policy; Energy and state; Climate change; Mineral resources; Natural disasters; Sustainable Development; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management; Energy Policy, Economics and Management; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Mineral Resources; Natural Hazards