Collapse_ How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Jared Diamond [370]
Mangareva
metaphor of
Pitcairn
Southern California
Southwestern U.S.:
agriculture in
Anasazi in
arroyo cutting in
bottom-up management in
cannibalism in
deforestation in
disappearing cultures in
dry climate of
first humans in
housing in
prehistory studies of
regional integration in
water management in
Soviet Union, collapse of
species, introduced vs. native
Stamford Bridge, Battle of
starvation
Steadman, David
Stephens, John
Stevenson, Chris
Stiller, David
Stillwater Mining Company
Stonehenge
sunk-cost effect
sunlight:
as energy source
and greenhouse gases
Sustainable Fisheries Fund
Tahiti
Taino people
Tainter, Joseph
technology
in oil industry
pollution-intensive industries
side effects of
Teller Wildlife Refuge
Tembec timber company
Teotihuacán
terrorism
Third World:
cleanup costs in
collapsing societies in
disease in
emigration from
environmental problems of
exploited by First World nations
First World goals in
and fisheries
food distribution to
and forests
per-capita impact in
population growth in
Thomas, Jack Ward
Three Gorges Dam, China
Thucycides
Tibito tephra
Tiffany & Co.
Tikopia Island
bottom-up management in
clans on
food production on
human impact on environment in
isolation of
land ownership on
Lapita people of
population density of
population management on
rainforest of
settlement of
sustainable economy of
timber industry, see forests
Tin Cup Dam, Montana
Tiwanaku collapse
Tokugawa era, see Japan
Tonga
top-down environmental management
China
Dominican Republic
Inca Empire
Tokugawa-era Japan
and tragedy of the commons
Totman, Conrad
toxic chemicals
toxic wastes, in mining industry
trade, friendly partners in
tragedy of the commons
tree ring studies (dendrochronology)
trouble spots (map)
Trout Unlimited
Trujillo, Rafael
Tuamotu Archipelago
Tuchman, Barbara
turf cutting
Tutsi people
Ulfsson, Gunnbj��rn
Unilever Corporation
Union Carbide, Bhopal
Union Oil, oil spill by
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
values:
clashes of
moral
in problem-solving
undermining of
Van Devender, Tom
Van Tilburg, Jo Anne
Varangians
Vargas, Patricia
Venezuela, natural gas from
Vikings
agriculture of
archaeological studies of
comparative studies of
cultural legacy of
deforestation by
emergence of
expansion waves of
iron used by
North Atlantic colonies of
North Atlantic map
as raiders
religion of
social system of
written accounts of
Vinland:
abandonment of
Indian populations of
natural resources of
Viking colony in
warfare
cannibalism in
false analogy in
water:
aquifers
and dams
desalinization of
desertification
and drought
and global warming
for irrigation, see irrigation
management of
osmotic pressure of
overallocated
plankton in
quality of
reservoirs
river flow stoppages of
saline seep of; see also salinization
from snowmelt
temperatures of
uses of
in wells
wetland destruction
water cycle
Waterman, Robert Jr.
water table
Webster, David
weeds
Weisler, Marshall
whirling disease
William the Conqueror
wind generators
Wisconsin, hunting industry in
Woolsey, Vern
world map
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World War I
World War II
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Wyoming, methane extraction in
Yahi Indians
Yangtze River, China
Yellow River, China
Yellowstone National Park
Yen, Douglas
Young, Mike
Zapotecs, writing of
Zero Population Growth
Zortman-Landusky Mine
Zuni pueblo
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
Plates 1, 2, and 3: © Michael Kareck; Plate 4: Courtesy of Earthworks/Lighthawk; Plate 5: Courtesy of Chris Donnan, © Easter Island Statue Project, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA; Plates 6 and 7: Photographs by David C. Ochsner, © Easter Island Statue Project; Plate 8: Photograph by Jo Anne Van Tilburg, © Easter Island Statue Project; Plate 9: Jim Wark/Air Photo North America; Plate 10: Nancy Carter/North Wind Picture Archives; Plate 11: Courtesy of the National Park Service, photograph by Dave Six; Plates 12 and 13: © Steve MacAulay; Plate 14: