Environmental Issues An Introduction to Sustainability

by McConnell, Robert L.; Abel, Daniel C.

• ISBN13: 9780131566507
• ISBN10: 0131566504
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-03
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This book combines simple math, the metric system, and critical thinking to gain insight into relevant local, regional, and global environmental issues, with a focus on sustainability. The presentation of real-world issues and examples fosters the development of the math and analytical skills necessary to truly think critically and to understand these complex issues. A seven-part organization examines basic concepts and tools, as well as topical, relevant, and timely issues related to principles of sustainability, population and migration, climate change, energy, consumption and the quality of life, threats to ecosystems, and sustainability and the individual. For individuals interested in environmental studies and science, and in the relationship of math and science to the environment.

Table of Contents

Preface

Basic Concepts and Tools

Principles of Sustainability

Population and Migration

Global Population Growth: Is it Sustainable?

Carrying Capacity and Ecological Footprint

Coastal Population Growth: Bangladesh

The Impact of Migration

Climate Change

Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change

The Challenges of Climate Change

Energy

Oil and Natural Gas

Coal

Bringing the World to The U.S. Standard of Living

Sustainable Energy

Consumption and the Quality of Life

Global Water Supplies: Are they Sustainable?

Motor Vehicles and the Environment

Motor Vehicles and the Environment: Global Trends

Whacker Madness? The Proliferation of Turfgrass

The Impact of Interjurisdictional Waste Disposal: Truckin' Trash

Mining: Is It Sustainable?

Environmental Health: POPs

hreats to Ecosystems

Global Grain Production: Can We Beef It Up?

Soils and Sustainable Societies

The State of Global Forests

Restoring Estuaries: Chesapeake Bay

Illegal Immigration

Catch of the Day: The State of Global Fisheries

Sustainability and the Individual

Sustainable Communities: Sprawl vs

Sustainable Coastal Development

Sustainable Buildings and Housing

The Three Rrsquo;s: Reduction, Recycling, Reuse

A Sustainable Diet

The Sustainable Campus

Restoration Ecology

Index

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