Cengage Advantage Books: Sustaining the Earth 10th Edition by Tyler Miller,Scott Spoolman

Exercise 21

Identify four basic causes of the environmental problems that we face. What is exponential growth ? Describe the past, current, and projected exponential growth of the world's human population. What is affluence ? How do Americans, Indians, and the average people in the poorest countries compare in terms of consumption? What are two types of environmental damage resulting from growing affluence? How can affluence help us to solve environmental problems? What is poverty and what are three of its harmful environmental and health effects? What are two of the effects of environmental degradation on poor people?