Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability

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Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and
Sustainability
G. Tyler Millers Living in the Environment 14th
Edition Chapter 1
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Key Concepts

• Growth and Sustainability

• Resources and Resource Use

• Pollution

• Causes of Environmental Problems

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Living More Sustainably

• Ecology

• Environmental Science

• Sustainable Society

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What Keeps Us Alive? Capital

• Solar
• Natural

Fig. 1-2, p. 7
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Population Growth

• ExponentialGrowth

• Doubling Time/Rule of 70

Fig. 1-4, p. 8
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World Population
Fig. 1-1 p. 5
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Economic Growth

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• Per Capita GNP

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Economic Development

• Developed Countries

• Developing Countries

• Positive Aspects

• Negative Aspects

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Globalization

• Social

• Economic

• Environmental Effects

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Resources

• Perpetual

• Renewable

• Non-renewable

Fig. 1-6 p. 9
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Renewable Resources

• Sustainable Yield

• Environmental Degradation

• Tragedy of the Commons

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Ecological Footprint
Fig. 1-7 p. 10
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Non-Renewable Resources

• Energy Resources

• Metallic Resources

• Non-MetallicResources

• Reuse

• Recycle

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Pollution

• What is pollution?

• Effects of Pollution

Sources

• Point

• Nonpoint

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Dealing With Pollution

• Prevention (Input Control)

• Cleanup (Output Control)

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Environmental and Resource Problems

• Major Problems(See Fig. 1-10 p. 13)

• Five Root Causes

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Environmental Impact
Fig. 1-13 p. 15
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Environmental Interactions
Fig. 1-14 p. 15
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Environmental Worldviews

• Planetary Management

• Environmental Wisdom

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What is Our Greatest Environmental Problem?

• Disease
• Overpopulation
• Water Shortages
• Climate Changes
• Biodiversity Loss
• Poverty
• Malnutrition

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Solutions

• Current Emphasis (Reactive)
• Sustainability Emphasis (Proactive)

Fig. 1-16, p. 18