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Tables of Contents for Aaas Atlas of Population and Environment
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
vii
Foreword
ix
Peter H. Raven
PART 1: OVERVIEW
The scale of our presence
3
4
The theory of population-environment links
7
5
Population and consumption trends
12
9
Natural resources and wastes
21
6
The state of major ecosystems
27
8
Policy responses
35
3
Overview endnotes
38
5
PART 2: ATLAS
Population and natural resources
43
28
Energy
47
4
Freshwater
51
4
Foodcrops
55
4
Meat and fish
59
4
Forest products
63
4
International trade
67
4
Population and landuse
71
24
Croplands
75
4
Pastures
79
4
Mineral extraction
83
4
Migration and tourism
87
4
Urbanization
91
4
Population and atmosphere
95
12
Climate change
99
4
Air pollution
103
4
Population, waste and chemicals
107
12
Industrial chemicals
111
4
Agrochemicals
115
4
Population and ecosystems
119
40
Mountains
123
4
Forests
127
4
Deserts and drylands
131
4
Freshwater wetlands
135
4
Mangroves and estuaries
139
4
Coral reefs
143
4
Regional seas
147
4
Oceans
151
4
Polar regions
155
4
Population and biodiversity
159
31
Species
163
4
Ecosystems and conservation
167
4
Atlas endnotes
171
7
PART 3: CASE STUDIES
The Northern Andes
178
2
Canaima National Park
180
2
The Dominican Republic
182
2
The Eastern Himalayas
184
2
Madagascar
186
2
The Sonoran Desert
188
2
Index
190
8
Sources
198
4
World map
202
2
Conversion tables
204