Living in the Environment

HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES,AND SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY SUSTAINING NATURAL RESOURCES SUSTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETIES

Book Living in the Environment By G.Tyler Miller And Scoot Spollman

Detailed Contents v
Preface for Instructors  xv
Learning Skills 1

HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: 
AN OVERVIEW
1Environmental Problems, Their Causes,
and Sustainability 5

SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES, 
AND SUSTAINABILITY
2Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems 28
3Ecosystems: What Are They
and How Do They Work? 50
4Biodiversity and Evolution 77
5Biodiversity, Species Interactions,
and Population Control 100
6The Human Population and Its Impact 122
7Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity 140
8Aquatic Biodiversity 162

SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY
9Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species
Approach 183
10Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity:
The Ecosystem Approach 214
11Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity 249
SUSTAINING NATURAL RESOURCES
12Food, Soil, and Pest Management 275
13Water Resources 313
14Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals 344
15Nonrenewable Energy 370
16Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 399

SUSTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
17Environmental Hazards and Human Health 438
18Air Pollution 468
19Climate Change and Ozone Depletion 496
20Water Pollution 531
21Solid and Hazardous Waste 560
22Sustainable Cities 588

SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETIES
23Economics, Environment, and Sustainability 611
24Politics, Environment, and Sustainability 634
25Environmental Worldviews, Ethics,
and Sustainability 660
Supplements S1
Glossary G1
Index I1

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