INTRODUCTION
Degradation of the Environment, Improvement of Well-Being,
The Important Question,
The Problem of “Free Riders,”
A Positive—Not Alarmist—Discourse,
Well-Being and the Natural Environment,
Separation,
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THE EXPERIENCE OF NATURE,
Disappointing Materialism,
Let the Statistics Speak,
The Virtuous Quartet,
Biophilia,
Nine Perspectives on Nature,
Psychology of the Environment,
Explicative Theories,
Applications,
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THE EXPLOITATION OF ANIMALS,
Healing through Animals,
Cows, Chickens, Pigs,
Eating Less Meat,
Healthy Eating,
The Giant Hecatomb,
Animal Rights,
Advances in Animal Well-Being,
Our Leisure, Not That of Animals,
Which Is Happier, the Horse or the Zebra?
A Less Unilateral Relationship with Animals,
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AN INFECTIOUS ENVIRONMENT,
Emerging Diseases,
The Neolithic Revolution,
Infectious Diseases,
Zoonoses,
Gifts from Asia,
Vulnerability,
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THE THREAT OF ARTHROPODS,
Vector-Borne Diseases,
Malaria and Climate Change,
Attack of the Ticks,
The Asian Tiger in Europe,
Sometimes It Really Is the Climate,
Disturbing a Complex System,
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BILL GATES OR MICROBES,
Pandemics,
From Monkey to Human,
From the Pleasure of Transcontinental Travel,
SARS, Super-Asian Rapid Surge,
The Globalization of Microbes,
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PARADOXICAL CITIES,
An Urbanized World,
The Cesspool of the First Cities,
Subtraction or Addition,
Unbreathable Air,
Dying of Heat in Cities,
Healthy Places,
A New Alliance,
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS,
The Return of Malthus,
Environmental Security,
Theory Tested by Facts,
The Role of Institutions,
Too Many or Too Few Resources,
The First Climate Conflict?
The Shadow of the Military,
Politics rather than the Environment,
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ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGEES,
Natural Disasters,
Millions of Displaced,
Waves of Refugees,
Demographic Studies,
Politics of Asylum, Political Asylum,
Another Advantage for the Rich,
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WHEN POOR COUNTRIES SET AN EXAMPLE,
Liberalization and Intervention in Vietnam,
Ecotourism in Costa Rica,
The Middle Path in Bhutan,
Several Paths,
CONCLUSION,
Debriefing,
The Happiness of Some Creates the Unhappiness of Others,
Five Choices for the Future,
Five Situations with Dual Advantages,
Happiness and Environment,
Acknowledgments,
Bibliography,