Social policy and the environment Book

	List of figures
	List of tables
	List of boxes
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Acronyms and abbreviations
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
	Inequality	4
	Sustainable development	9
	Responsibility	15
Ch. 2	Water	17
	Hydrology and the availability of fresh water	19
	Accessibility and domestic use of water	21
	Domestic waste water	27
	The use of water in industry and agriculture	27
	Environmental effects of water use	28
	Social implications	33
Ch. 3	Food	38
	Social aspects of food	39
	Changing patterns of food production	42
	Sustainability of food production systems	52
	Social implications	53
Ch. 4	Housing	58
	Inequalities in housing provision	59
	Urbanization and the environment	63
	Rural housing	66
	House construction and the environment	67
	Housing and energy efficiency	70
	Social implications	70
Ch. 5	Warmth and Domestic Energy	73
	Access to domestic energy supplies	73
	Energy and the environment	76
	Social implications	84
	Issues for social policy	89
Ch. 6	Mobility and Travel	92
	Why and how people travel	93
	Travel choices	95
	Modes of transport	97
	Environmental effects of transport	102
	Social costs of transport-related environmental damage	110
Ch. 7	Recreation and Leisure	115
	Availability of free time	116
	Use of free time	117
	Environmental impacts of leisure activities	126
	Conflicts of interest	133
	The development of sustainable tourism	136
Ch. 8	Summary and Discussion	139
	Environmental impacts of human activity	139
	Social costs of environmental damage	142
	Social responsibility for the environment	145
	Sustainability revisited	150
	The role of social policy	153
	Well-being and the quality of life	155
	Glossary of scientific and technical terms	157
	References	160
	Index	169