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Environmental issues surrounding human overpopulation /

"[This book] is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the depletion of natural resources due to overpopulation and presents insights on how these environmental threats can be addressed. Highlighting technological, economic, and social perspectives, this book is...

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Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Singh, Rajeev Pratap (Editor); Singh, Anita (Editor); Srivastava, Vaibhav (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Population > Environmental aspects.
Conservation of natural resources.
Overpopulation.
Climate change
Coastal zone management
Food security
Genetically modified crops
Land use
Waste management
Water pollution
Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-5225-1683-5
Summary: "[This book] is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the depletion of natural resources due to overpopulation and presents insights on how these environmental threats can be addressed. Highlighting technological, economic, and social perspectives, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, researchers, academics, students, and practitioners interested in better understanding the current state of the global environment"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: PDFs (324 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781522516842
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: HB849
CLC: C92-05
Contents: Human overpopulation: impact on environment / Shivani Uniyal [and 3 others] -- Human overpopulation and food security: challenges for the agriculture sustainability / Rishikesh Singh [and 4 others] -- Population and global food security: issues related to climate change / Supriya Tiwari, Barkha Vaish, Pooja Singh -- Study of integrated coastal zone management and its environmental effects: a case of Iran / Habibeh Karimi, Farid Gholamrezafahimi -- Monitoring changes in urban cover using landsat satellite images and demographical information / Prashant K. Srivastava, Swati Suman, Smita Pandey -- Genetically modified crops: a long way to go / Amit Srivastava, Claudia Edith Torres-Vargas -- Applying a grass-root approach to empowering change agents to transform pro-conservation attitudes and behaviors in over-populated China / Kenneth C. C. Yang, Yowei Kang -- Impact of overpopulation on land use pattern / Shivani Garg -- Giving waste a second chance: public awareness and youth empowerment / Shlrene Quaik [and 3 others] -- Assessment of available technologies for hospital waste management: a need for society / Alok Rai, Richa Kothari, D. P. Singh -- Overpopulation and its association with natural disasters: a case study of Indian tsunami, 2004 / Geetanjali Kaushik [and 3 others] -- Airborne particulate matter: source scenario and their impact on human health and environment / Bhawna Dubey, Asim Kumar Pal, Gurdeep Singh --
Harmful effects of ecosystem impairment on human health / Suruchi Singh, Shashi Bhushan Agrawal, Madhoolika Agrawal -- Tropospheric ozone pollution, agriculture, and food security / Abhijit Sarkar, Sambit Datta, Pooja Singh -- Human overpopulation and water pollution: reduction of microbial pollution by vertical flow constructed wetland / Gargi Sharma, Pravin Kumar Mutiyar.

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