Living in the Environment : Principles, Connections, and Solutions

by Miller, G. Tyler, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780495556718
• ISBN10: 0495556718
• Edition: 16th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-24
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

In this current, thought-provoking environmental science textbook, G. Tyler Miller and new coauthor Scott Spoolman bring the concept of sustainability to the forefront. Students are engaged and motivated with vivid case studies and hands-on quantitative exercises. As the authors showcase four scientific principles of sustainability, they immerse students in the many practical steps they, as individuals, can take toward more sustainable lifestyles. The book’s new concept-centered format transforms complex environmental topics and issues into key concepts that students will understand and remember.

Table of Contents

Humans And Sustainability: An Overview

Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability

Science, Ecological Principles, And Sustainability

Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems

Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?

Biodiversity and Evolution

Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control

The Human Population and Its Impact

Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity

Aquatic Biodiversity

Sustaining Biodiversity

Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach

Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach

Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity

Sustaining Natural Resources

Food, Soil, and Pest Management

Water Resources

Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals

Nonrenewable Energy

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Sustaining Environmental Quality

Environmental Hazards and Human Health

Air Pollution

Climate Change and Ozone Depletion

Water Pollution

Solid and Hazardous Waste

Sustainable Cities

Sustaining Human Societies

Economics, Environment, and Sustainability

Politics, Environment, and Sustainability

Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability

Supplements

Measurement Units, Precision, and Accuracy

Reading Graphs and Maps

Economic, Population, Hunger, Health, and Waste Production Data and Maps

Biodiversity, Ecological Footprints, and Environmental Performance Maps

Environmental History

Some Basic Chemistry

Classifying and Naming Species

Weather Basics: El Ni±o, Tornadoes, and Tropical Cyclones

Components and Interactions in Major Biomes

Energy and Climate Data and Maps

Global Trade and the Environment

Philosophy, Religion, Ethics, and Nature

Chapter Projects

Key Concepts (by Chapter)

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