Major Sociocultural Trends Shaping the Contemporary World

CHAPTER 6

The Environmental Degradation

1. The Many Faces of Environmental Degradation

2. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

3. Air Pollution

4. Global Warming

5. Water Pollution

6. Land Degradation

7. E-Waste

8. The Drivers of Environmental Degradation

9. The Consequences of Environmental Degradation

The Many Faces of Environmental Degradation

Environmental degradation is a broad concept that may refer to any undesirable and noxious changes made to the environment by human beings or natural causes. According to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, environmental degradation is “the reduction of the capacity of the environment to meet social and ecological objectives and needs” [1]. While the environmental degradation may be ...