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ISBN 10: 1118968859
ISBN 13: 9781118968857
Author: Kristen Hite, John Seitz
Now reorganized and updated throughout, the fifth edition of this well-regarded introductory global issues text continues to reflect the most important aspects of an increasingly globalized world. Reorganized into more accessible chapters better suited to semester-long courses, with new sections covering development, climate change, pollution, and governance The only survey-level text in the field to unite the perspectives of geography, political science, sociology, ecology, international relations, economics, and development studies Moves beyond the international to be truly global in focus, with coverage of topics such as wealth and poverty, population, food, energy, natural resources, and technology Incorporates new case studies and examples, including the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the effects of changing water supply on migration, natural gas fracking, and smart grid technology Offers a dynamic and accessible narrative with many student-friendly features, such as chapter boxes, a glossary of terms, guides to further reading.
Global issues an introduction 5th Table of contents:
List of Plates xii
List of Figures, Maps, and Tables xiv
Acknowledgments xvi
Foreword xvii
Introduction 1
The Creation of Global Issues 1
Developing toward What? 2
Notes 5
1 Population 7
The Changing Population of the World 8
Causes of the Population Explosion 17
How Population Growth Affects Development 20
Rapid growth 21
Slow growth 22
An aging population and low birth rates 22
International conferences on population 24
How Development Affects Population Growth 26
Demographic transition 26
Factors lowering birth rates 28
Governmental Population Policies 31
Controlling growth 31
Promoting growth 36
The Future 38
The growth of the world’s population 38
The carrying capacity of the Earth 39
Optimum size of the Earth’s population 42
Population-related problems in our future 43
Conclusions 44
Notes 46
Further Reading 49
2 Wealt hand Poverty 51
Wave of Hope: The Millennium Development Goals 55
A Pessimistic View: The Persistence of Poverty 57
Development Assistance and Foreign Aid 59
A Market Approach 63
The State as Economic Actor 67
A Blended Approach 70
Geography and Wealth, Geography and Poverty 72
Globalization 73
Positive aspects 75
Negative aspects 76
An evaluation 77
Conclusions 78
Notes 80
Further Reading 83
3 Food 85
World Food Production 86
How Many Are Hungry? 87
Causes of World Hunger 89
How Food Affects Development 91
How Development Affects Food 93
The production of food 93
The loss of food 97
The type of food 100
The “Green” Revolution 105
Fertilizers 106
Pesticides 106
Irrigation 107
The future 107
Governmental Food Policies 108
Future Food Supplies 111
Climate 111
Arable land 112
Energy costs 114
Traditional/sustainable/organic agriculture 114
Biotechnology 115
Fishing and aquaculture 117
Future food production 119
Conclusions 120
Notes 121
Further Reading 127
4 Energy 129
The Energy-Climate Crisis 130
Energy and security 132
Government Responses to the Energy-Climate Crisis 133
The United States 134
Western Europe 136
Japan 136
China 138
The Effect of the Energy-Climate Crisis on Countries’ Development Plans 140
The Relationship between Energy Use and Development 141
A shift in types of energy 141
Increased use 142
The decoupling of energy consumption and economic growth 142
The Energy Transition 147
Nonrenewable energy sources 147
Renewable energy sources 148
Conservation/energy efficiency 155
Nuclear Power: A Case Study 157
The potential and the peril 158
The choice 161
Conclusions 164
Notes 165
Further Reading 169
5 Climate Change 170
The Evidence and Impacts 172
Warmer temperatures 172
Food and water 174
Extreme weather 174
Sea level rise 175
Coral reefs 176
Air pollution 178
Infectious diseases 178
Agriculture 178
Disruption of natural ecosystems 179
Regional impacts 179
Uncertainties 180
What Is Being Done at Present? 181
What More Can Be Done? 182
Conclusion 185
Notes 185
Further Reading 187
6 The Environment: Part I 189
The Awakening 190
The Air 192
Smog 192
Airborne lead 196
Ozone depletion 198
Acid rain 200
Climate change (global warming) 202
TheWater 203
Water quantity 203
Water quality 203
The Land 206
Minerals 206
Deforestation 207
The Extinction of Species 211
The Extinction of Cultures 215
The Yanomami 216
Notes 218
7 The Environment: Part II 224
TheWorkplace and the Home 224
Cancer 224
Chemicals 225
Pesticides 226
ManagingWaste 228
Solid wastes 228
Toxic wastes 230
Governmental and industrial responses to the waste problem 232
Responsible Use 233
Resource efficiency 233
Recycling 234
Substitution 235
Reducing needs 236
Environmental Politics 236
Overdevelopment 238
Conclusions 238
Notes 239
Further Reading 242
8 Technology 244
Benefits of Technology 245
Unanticipated Consequences of the Use of Technology 245
DDT 247
Factory farms 248
Inappropriate Uses of Technology 250
Limits to the “Technological Fix” 253
War 255
The Threat of NuclearWeapons: A Case Study 257
The threat 258
New dangers 260
Conclusions 264
Notes 264
Further Reading 266
9 Alternative Futures 268
Development Pathways: Evaluating Our Current Situation 269
Current Outlook: Business as Usual 270
Collapse and Sustainable Development 272
Choices 274
Improve production 275
Reduce demand 275
Governance: Deciding How to Act on the ChoicesWe Make 276
Governing the commons 276
Inclusive governance and the role of civil society 278
Conclusion 282
Notes 284
Further Reading 287
Appendix 1: Studying and Teaching Global Issues 289
Appendix 2: Relevant Videos 297
Appendix 3: Relevant InternetWebsites 308
Appendix 4: The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 314
Glossary 317
Index 323
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