This monograph explores the dire ecological social and economic situations facing mankind
through comprehensive analyses of global ecological issues poverty environmental stability
and regulation and sustainable development. Drs. Victor Danilov-Danil'yan and Igor Reyf
discuss the development of ecology as a science the increasing concern among scientists and
public servants for the unsustainability of current economic and demographic trends and the
dire consequences our planet and civilization are already suffering as a result of the ongoing
environmental and social crisis. They also address the philosophical implications of the crisis
and suggest possible solutions. The book conveys complex objects of study namely the biosphere
and the harmful anthropogenic processes it has been experiencing for decades so that the work
is accessible without omitting key components of the subject matter. Readers will learn about
the social and economic contributors to a threatened biosphere the mechanisms that maintain
the stability of the global environment and the scales at which sustainable development and
preservation can be applied to initiate environmental regulation. Though intended to appeal to
the general public and non-specialists environmental researchers organizations involved in
sustainable development and conservation and students engaged in ecology environment and
sustainability studies will also find this book of interest.
