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Lauer: Social Problems and the Quality of Life
Social Problems and the Quality of Life, 8/e
Robert H. Lauer, U.S. International University
Jeanette C. Lauer, U.S. International University
The Environment

Chapter Outline


The Ecosystem

Environmental Problems

  1. Environmental Pollution
    1. Air Pollution
    2. Water Pollution
    3. Land Pollution
    4. Noise Pollution
    5. Aesthetic Damage
  2. Environmental Depletion
    1. Our Dwindling Natural Resources
    2. Energy Production and Consumption

How Big Are Our Environmental Problems?

  1. Environmental Pollution

    2. GLOBAL COMPARISONS: World Energy Production and Consumption

  2. Environmental Depletion

Environmental Problems and the Quality of Life

  1. The Environmental Threat to Life and Health

    2. VOICES: "We're Not Safe Here Anymore"

  2. Threat to the Ecological Balance
  3. The Economic Costs
  4. Threat to World Peace

Contributing Factors

  1. Social Structural Factors
    1. Population Growth
    2. The Industrial Economy
    3. The Politics of the Environment
  2. Social Psychological Factors
    1. Attitudes and the Environment
    2. Values and the Environment

What Is to Be Done?

INVOLVEMENT: "Nature Bats Last"

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