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Part I: HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW | |
1. Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability | |
2. Environmental History: An Overview | |
Part II: SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS | |
3. Science, Systems, Matter, and Energy | |
4. Ecosystems: Components, Energy Flow, and Matter Cycling | |
5. Evolution and Biodiversity: Origins, Niches, and Adaptation | |
6. Biogeography: Climate, Biomes, and Terrestrial Biodiversity | |
7. Aquatic Ecology: Biodiversity in Aquatic Systems | |
8. Community Ecology: Structure, Species Interactions, Succession, and Sustainability | |
9. Population Dynamics, Carrying Capacity, and Conservation Biology | |
10. Geology: Processes, Hazards, and Soils | |
11. Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health | |
Part III: HUMAN POPULATION, RESOURCES, AND SUSTAINABILITY | |
12. The Human Population: Growth, Demography, and Carrying Capacity | |
13. Food Resources | |
14. Water Resources | |
15. Geologic Resources: Nonrenewable Mineral and Energy Resources | |
16. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | |
Part IV: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND POLLUTION | |
17. Air and Air Pollution | |
18. Climate Change and Ozone Loss | |
19. Water Pollution | |
20. Pesticides and Pest Control | |
21. Solid and Hazardous Waste | |
Part V: SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY AND CITIES | |
22. Sustaining Wild Species | |
23. Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach | |
24. Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity | |
25. Sustainable Cities: Urban Land Use and Management | |
Part VI: ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY | |
26. Economics, Environment, and Sustainability | |
27. Politics, Environment, and Sustainability | |
28. Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability | |
Appendices | |
Glossary | |
Index |