Description
"Environmental Science: A Global Concern, Tenth Edition", is a comprehensive presentation of environmental science for non-science majors which emphasizes critical thinking, environmental responsibility, and global awareness. This book is intended for use in a one- or two-semester course in environmental science, human ecology, or environmental studies at the college or advanced placement high school level. The goal of this book is to provide an up-to-date, introductory global view of essential themes in environmental science along with emphasis on details and case studies that will help students process and retain the general principles. Because most students who will use this book are freshman or sophomore non-science majors, the authors make the text readable and accessible without technical jargon or a presumption of prior science background.
Environmental Science: A Global Concern, Tenth Edition, is a comprehensive presentation of environmental science for non-science majors which emphasizes critical thinking, environmental responsibility, and global awareness.
Contents
Learning to Learn Part One Principles for Understanding Our Environment
1 Understanding Our Environment
2 Frameworks for Understanding: Science, Systems, and Ethics
3 Matter, Energy, and Life
4 Evolution, Biological Communities, and Species Interactions
5 Biomes: Global Patterns of Life
6 Population Biology Part Two People in the Environment
7 Human Populations
8 Environmental Health and Toxicology
9 Food and Agriculture
10 Pest Control Part Three Understanding and Managing Living Systems
11 Biodiversity
12 Land Use: Forests and Grasslands
13 Preserving and Restoring Nature Part Four Physical Resources and Environmental Systems
14 Geology and Earth Resources
15 Air, Weather, and Climate
16 Air Pollution
17 Water Use and Management
18 Water Pollution Part Five Issues and Policy
19 Conventional Energy 20 Sustainable Energy
21 Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste
22 Urbanization and Sustainable Cities 23 Ecological Economics
24 Environmental Policy, Law, and Planning
25 What Then Shall We Do?
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