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The World Environment 1972–1992

Two decades of challenge

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Mostafa K. Tolba

    1. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

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  2. Osama A. El-Kholy

    1. Cairo University, Egypt

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
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    2. Air Pollution

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      Pages 5-31

    3. Ozone depletion

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      Pages 33-59

    4. Climate change

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      Pages 61-81

    5. Availability of fresh water

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      Pages 83-103

    6. Coastal and marine degradation

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      Pages 105-130

    7. Land degradation

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      Pages 131-155

    8. Deforestation and habitat loss

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      Pages 157-182

    9. Loss of biological diversity

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      Pages 183-214

    10. Environmental hazards

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      Pages 215-245

    11. Toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes

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      Pages 247-275

  3. Causes and Consequences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 277-279
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    2. Agriculture and fisheries

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      Pages 281-320

    3. Industry

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      Pages 321-371

    4. Energy

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      Pages 373-403

    5. Transport

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      Pages 405-447

    6. Tourism

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      Pages 449-471

    7. Population and resources

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      Pages 473-503

    8. Human settlements

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      Pages 505-527
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About this book

Our planet is under siege. Assaults on the atmosphere -the greenhouse effect, the depletion of the ozone layer and increasing air pollution - pose a still­ unquantified threat to human life. The dumping of hazardous wastes, and land­ based sources of pollution, present a similar threat to the oceans. On land we are destroying a tropical forest the size of Austria every year, and more than a hundred species of wild plants and animals are lost forever each day. When the General Assembly of the United Nations established UNEP it charged us with reporting on the changing state of the world's environment, tracking the underlying causes of change, and working with governments to develop responses to those changes. Every year since 1974, UNEP has produced a State of the Environment report, focusing on one or more emerging environmental issues and always stressing the human factor -the impact of environmental quality on people and society. Three times since its inception (1982, 198 7 and 1992) UNEP has undertaken a more wide-ranging study. The results of the present study are the most disturbing of the three. However, not all the signs are negative. Throughout the 19 70s and into the 1980s, UNEP was able to report progress in some important areas. Environmental monitoring capacity was being rapidly improved in many parts of the world, and Ministries of the Environment were being set up in an attempt to deal with environmental threats in a more coherent way.

Editors and Affiliations

  • United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

    Mostafa K. Tolba

  • Cairo University, Egypt

    Osama A. El-Kholy

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The World Environment 1972–1992

  • Book Subtitle: Two decades of challenge

  • Editors: Mostafa K. Tolba, Osama A. El-Kholy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2280-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: United Nations Environment Programme 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-46990-9Published: 26 November 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5011-1Published: 05 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-2280-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 884

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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