Europe
A Continental Overview of Environmental Issues
Published on 13. August 2003
288 pages
978-1-57607-687-3 (ISBN)
Description
A concise yet thorough overview of the environmental issues, problems, and controversies facing the world's most densely populated continent-Europe.
Europe, one of six titles in The World's Environments series, tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies surrounding the continent's environmental past, its complicated present, and its uncertain future.
Europe looks at the catastrophes-in January 2000, a massive spill of cyanide and heavy metals from a gold mining operation in Romania destroyed all biological life in the Tisza, Hungary's second biggest river. The poisons traveled 1,000 kilometers through Hungary and Yugoslavia, where they wreaked havoc on the Danube. It also examines the progress-European society has shown a greater interest in renewable energy technologies than most other industrialized regions in the last 30 years. Serving as both a blueprint for the future, as well as a roadmap of the past, this book offers a gripping look at Europe's ecological history.
Europe, one of six titles in The World's Environments series, tackles the tough issues, the complex problems, and the political controversies surrounding the continent's environmental past, its complicated present, and its uncertain future.
Europe looks at the catastrophes-in January 2000, a massive spill of cyanide and heavy metals from a gold mining operation in Romania destroyed all biological life in the Tisza, Hungary's second biggest river. The poisons traveled 1,000 kilometers through Hungary and Yugoslavia, where they wreaked havoc on the Danube. It also examines the progress-European society has shown a greater interest in renewable energy technologies than most other industrialized regions in the last 30 years. Serving as both a blueprint for the future, as well as a roadmap of the past, this book offers a gripping look at Europe's ecological history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 years
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22 bw illus
File size
3,74 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-57607-687-3 (9781576076873)
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Kevin Hillstrom and Laurie Collier Hillstrom are professional writers. Their published works include all six volumes in ABC-CLIO's World Environments series.
Content
- Cover
- Europe
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Introduction The World's Environments
- Organization
- Coverage by Geographic Region
- Acknowledgments
- Biographical Notes
- Authors
- Advisory Board
- Contributors
- 1 Population and Land Use
- Europe Sees Modest Levels of Population Growth and Economic Expansion
- Trends in European Household Consumption
- Households Increasing in Number, Decreasing in Size
- Material Wealth Drives Growth in Consumption
- Most Europeans Live in Urban Environments
- Waste Management in Europe
- Reducing Municipal Waste
- Roadways Expand as Mass Transit Struggles
- Tourism Brings Economic Prosperity and Environmental Stress
- Sources:
- 2 Biodiversity
- Most Types of Habitat in Decline
- Forests
- Coastal Dunes and Beaches
- Wetlands
- Grasslands and Heathlands
- Europe's Imperiled Animals and Plants
- Mammals
- Birds
- Reptiles and Amphibians
- Fish
- Plants
- European Biodiversity-Regional Trends
- Mediterranean Basin
- Western Europe
- Central and Eastern Europe
- The Caucasus
- Conserving Europe's Natural Heritage
- Sources:
- 3 Parks, Preserves, and Protected Areas
- Europe's Protected Areas: System under Stress
- Diverse Philosophies of Protected Area Management in Europe
- Campaigns to Safeguard Europe's Endangered Areas
- Sources:
- 4 Forests
- Today's European Forests Shaped by Ice Age and Exploitation
- European Forest Holdings by Region
- The "Endless" Forests of Russia
- Major Issues in European Forest Health
- Acid Rain
- Population Density
- Ownership and Exploitation
- Natural Events
- Forest Biodiversity and Protected Areas
- Forest Conservation Initiatives and Solutions
- Sources:
- 5 Agriculture
- Trends in European Agriculture
- Intensification and Specialization
- The Common Agricultural Policy and Europe's Environment
- Environmental Sustainability and the Contemporary European Farm
- Habitat Loss and Degradation
- Irrigation and Water Use
- Soil Content and Erosion
- Fertilizers and Pesticides
- Genetically Modified Organisms
- Sources:
- 6 Freshwater
- Freshwater Supply and Usage
- Struggling to Rein in Water Pollution
- Europe's Imperiled Wetlands
- A Landscape Forever Changed by Dams and Canals
- Sources:
- 7 Oceans and Coastal Areas
- An Epidemic of Overfishing in Regional Seas
- Years of Overharvesting Haunt Fishermen of Regional Seas
- Aquaculture Seen as Alternative for Coastal Communities
- Industrialization and Development Take Their Toll on Europe's Seas
- The North Sea
- The Baltic Sea
- The Black Sea
- The Mediterranean Sea
- Preservation and Restoration Depend on Regional Cooperation
- Sources:
- 8 Energy and Transportation
- Weaning Europe from Fossil Fuel Dependence
- Fossil Fuel Extraction and Delivery Issues
- Fossil Fuels Remain Cornerstones of European Energy Grid
- Trends in Energy Resource Use
- Road Transport Drives Demand for Oil
- Natural Gas Soars in Popularity
- Desire for Cheap Energy Drives Coal Revival
- Nuclear Industry Faces an Uncertain Future
- Investing in Renewables
- Rising Energy Consumption in Europe's Transportation Sector
- Reducing Transportation's Environmental "Footprint"
- Sources:
- 9 Air Quality and the Atmosphere
- Air Pollution by Sector and Region
- Western Europe
- Central and Eastern Europe
- Addressing the Continuing Threat of Acid Pollution
- Ozone Concentrations Create Smog Conditions
- LRTP Pollutants
- Atmospheric Issues
- Europe and the Ozone Layer
- Grappling with Climate Change
- Declining Emissions in Europe
- Europe and the Kyoto Protocol
- Sources:
- 10 Environmental Activism
- Environmental NGOs and Green Political Parties
- Eastern Europe
- Poland
- Hungary
- Czechoslovakia
- Bulgaria
- Romania
- Russia
- Western Europe
- Environmental Policy at the EU Level
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Sources:
- Appendix: International Environmental and Developmental Agencies, Organizations, and Programs
- Index
