Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Population Assessments: 2013 & hx2013; 2050 & hx2013; 2100: Growth, Stability, Contraction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Reasons for the Exponential Growth in the Earth's Population; 1.2.1 Human ; 1.2.2 Fertility; 1.2.3 ; 1.2.4 Obstacles in Global ; 1.3 Projections for Near-Future (One & hx2013; Two Generations) Populations; 1.4 Afterword; References; 2 Options to Increase Freshwater Supplies and Accessibility; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Earth's H2O Inventory: Liquid, Solid, Gas; 2.3 Volumes of Water for Some Agricultural, Industrial, Commercial, and Domestic Use. 2.4 in 2012 with Recalculations for 20502.5 Strategies to Improve Water Supplies; 2.5.1 Import/; 2.5.2 Find New ; 2.5.2.1 ; 2.5.2.2 The ; 2.5.3 Recycle Wastewater into the Freshwater Inventory; 2.5.3.1 Domestic ; 2.5.3.2 Wastewater from ; 2.5.3.3 ; 2.5.3.4 Agricultural Wastewater; 2.5.4 Create/; 2.5.4.1 ; 2.5.4.2 Nanofiltration of Tainted River Water; 2.5.4.3 Reduction of for Specific Operations; 2.6 Benefits/ of Improved Water Supply; 2.6.1 Support Research; 2.7 Afterword; References; 3 Strategies to Increase Food Supplies for Rapidly Growing Populations: Crops, Livestock, and Fisheries. 3.1 Introduction3.2 Strategies to ; 3.2.1 Increase the that Can Be Tilled; 3.2.2 and Nutritional Value: Improve Seed that from Harm by Biological, Physical, Agents; 3.2.2.1 Traditional Hybridization; 3.2.2.2 Marker-Assisted Selection for Traditional Hybridization; 3.2.2.3 Genetic Engineering: Genetic Manipulation/Modification; 3.2.2.4 Vertical Farming; 3.3 Agricultural Practices to Prevent Soil and Maintain Soil Fertility Managing Water and Farming Methods that Protect Soil and Nearby Ecosystems; 3.3.1 Soil Preparation for Planting, Cultivating, and Harvesting ; 3.3.1.1 Tilling. 3.3.1.2 No-Tilling3.3.1.3 Multispecies or ; 3.3.1.4 Intensified Agriculture; 3.3.1.5 Sustaining Soil Fertility; 3.3.1.6 Optimizing Water Use; 3.3.1.7 Managing the Problem of Soil Salination; 3.3.1.8 Minimizing Pre-distribution Food Loss; 3.3.2 Increasing Livestock (Protein) Contribution to the Global Food Supply; 3.3.2.1 Physical/Biological; 3.3.2.2 Biological/Pharmaceutical; 3.3.3 Fishery Contributions to Global Food Stocks Can Help Feed Growing Populations; 3.3.4 The Impacts of Global Warming/Climate Change on the World's Food Supply; 3.3.4.1 Crops; 3.3.4.2 Livestock; 3.3.4.3 Fisheries. 3.4 AfterwordReferences; 4 Shelter: Proactive Planning to Protect Citizens from Natural Hazards; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Foresight in Site Selection from Studies of Past and More ; 4.2.1 ; 4.2.2 Volcanic Eruptions; 4.2.3 ; 4.2.4 Mass Movements; 4.2.5 Events; 4.3 Sociopolitical and Economic Methods to of High Hazard Zones; 4.4 Practices to Protect Citizens/Property from Occasional Battering by Natural Hazards; 4.4.1 ; 4.4.2 ; 4.5 Prediction ; 4.5.1 ; 4.5.2 Volcanic Activity; 4.5.3 ; 4.5.4 Tsunamis; 4.5.5 Events; 4.6 Pre-planning : Citizen Care, Search, and Rescue Operations; 4.7 Afterword.