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Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability

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1 Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
G. Tyler Miller’s Living in the Environment 14th Edition Chapter 1

2 Key Concepts Growth and Sustainability Resources and Resource Use
Pollution Causes of Environmental Problems

3 Living More Sustainably
Ecology Environmental Science Sustainable Society

4 What Keeps Us Alive? Capital
Solar Natural Fig. 1-2, p. 7

5 Population Growth Exponential Growth Doubling Time/ Rule of 70
Fig. 1-4, p. 8

6 World Population Fig. 1-1 p. 5

7 Economic Growth Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capita GNP

8 Economic Development Developed Countries Developing Countries
Positive Aspects Negative Aspects

9 Globalization Social Economic Environmental Effects

10 Resources Perpetual Renewable Non-renewable Fig. 1-6 p. 9

11 Renewable Resources Sustainable Yield Environmental Degradation
Tragedy of the Commons

12 Ecological Footprint Fig. 1-7 p. 10

13 Non-Renewable Resources
Energy Resources Metallic Resources Economic Depletion Fig. 1-8 p. 11 Non-Metallic Resources Reuse Recycle

14 Pollution What is pollution? Effects of Pollution Sources Point
Nonpoint

15 Dealing With Pollution
Prevention (Input Control) Cleanup (Output Control)

16 Environmental and Resource Problems
Major Problems (See Fig p. 13) Five Root Causes

17 Environmental Impact Fig p. 15

18 Environmental Interactions
Fig p. 15

19 Environmental Worldviews
Planetary Management Environmental Wisdom

20 What is Our Greatest Environmental Problem?
Disease Overpopulation Water Shortages Climate Changes Biodiversity Loss Poverty Malnutrition

21 Solutions Current Emphasis (Reactive)
Sustainability Emphasis (Proactive) Fig. 1-16, p. 18


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