Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Humanity's Footprint by Walter Dodds Depicts in nontechnical terms the root causes and global environmental effects of human behavior. This title describes trends in population growth, resource use, and global environmental impacts such as greenhouse effects, ozone depletion, water pollution, and species extinctions and introductions. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description For the first time in history, humans have exceeded the sustaining capacity of Earths global ecosystems. Our expanding footprint has tremendous momentum, and the insidious explosion of human impact creates a shockwave that threatens ecosystems worldwide for decades-possibly centuries.Walter K. Dodds depicts in clear, nontechnical terms the root causes and global environmental effects of human behavior. He describes trends in population growth, resource use, and global environmental impacts of the past two centuries, such as greenhouse effects, ozone depletion, water pollution, and species extinctions and introductions. Dodds also addresses less familiar developments, such as the spread of antibiotic resistant genes in bacteria and the concentration of pesticides in the Arctic and other remote ecosystems. He identifies fundamental human activities that have irreversible effects on the environment and draws on recent social science and game theory results to explain why people use more than their share. Past behavior indicates that as resources grow scarce, humans will escalate their use of what remains instead of managing their consumption. Humanitys Footprint paints a lively but ultimately sobering picture of our environmental predicament. Dodds calls for a consilient approach to socioenvironmental restoration that draws on new thinking from across disciplines to develop sustainable solutions to global environmental problems. Notes Describes the root causes and global environmental effects of certain human behaviours and the steps necessary to curb these practices. Author Biography Walter K. Dodds is a professor of biology at Kansas State University and the author of Freshwater Ecology: Concepts and Environmental Applications. He researches water quality and aquatic biodiversity, is an investigator at the Konza Prairie Biological Station and leads the Kansas Ecological Forecasting Initiative. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. Collision Course: An Expanding Appetite for Resources Coupled with Population Growth on a Finite Planet 2. The Insidious Explosion: Global Trends in Population Growth and Resource Use Expand Our Footprint 3. Shock Wave from the Insidious Explosion: Momentum of the Human Footprint on Our Planet 4. Weeds and Shrinking Violets: Pests on the Move and the Ecological Holocaust 5. Survival on a Finite Earth: The Ultimate Game, or Why Human Nature Destines Us to Use More Than Our Share 6. Why Humans Foul the Nest: Cultural and Genetic Roots Run Deep 7. Searching for Answers: Can We Achieve Sustainability, or Are We Screwed? 8. No More Business as Usual: Transcendence, Enlightenment, Rationalization, Hope, and Action 9. Consilience: Socioenvironmental Restoration and Sustainable Inhabitation of Earth Appendix 1. Data Sources Used to Make Graphs Appendix 2. Reading the Graphs in This Book Appendix 3. Putting Global Environmental Impact into a Quantitative Framework That Links Impact and Behavior Appendix 4. Some Charitable Organizations Involved with Global Environmental Issues Notes Index Review "This book stands out because of its clarity, authenticity, and honesty. Dodds tackles issues with refreshing and impressive courage." -- David Orr, Oberlin College Promotional " Humanitys Footprint stands out because of its clarity, authenticity, and honesty. Dodds tackles issues with refreshing and impressive courage." -- David Orr, Oberlin College "The message contained in Humanitys Footprint is desperately needed. Very few books concerned with the environment are written and documented by a scientist who has a distinguished career in the investigation of natural ecosystems. There are not many books with as sufficient a breadth as Walter Doddss book." -- David Pimentel, Cornell University Review Quote "This book stands out because of its clarity, authenticity, and honesty. Dodds tackles issues with refreshing and impressive courage." -- David Orr, Oberlin College Promotional "Headline" A clarion call for decisive action to preserve our worlds ability to sustain humankind. Excerpt from Book Read an excerpt from the chapter, ">Searching for Answers: Can We Achieve Sustainability or are We Screwed". (pdf) Details ISBN0231139675 Short Title HUMANITYS FOOTPRINT Publisher Columbia University Press Language English ISBN-10 0231139675 ISBN-13 9780231139670 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2008 Imprint Columbia University Press Subtitle Momentum, Impact, and Our Global Environment Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Translated from English DOI 10.1604/9780231139670 UK Release Date 2008-02-06 AU Release Date 2008-02-06 NZ Release Date 2008-02-06 US Release Date 2008-02-06 Author Walter Dodds Pages 288 Publication Date 2008-02-06 DEWEY 304.28 Illustrations 22 illus. Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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ISBN-13: 9780231139670
Book Title: Humanity's Footprint
ISBN: 9780231139670
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2008
Subject: Geography & Geosciences
Item Height: 229 mm
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Humanity's Footprint: Momentum, Impact, and Our Global Environment
Type: Textbook
Author: Walter Dodds
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
