Living in the Environment

by Miller, G. Tyler; Spoolman, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780495015987
• ISBN10: 0495015989
• Edition: 15th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-19
• Publisher: Thomson Brooks/Cole

Summary

G. Tyler Miller's worldwide bestsellers have evolved right along with the changing needs of your diverse student population. Focused specifically on energizing and engaging all your students, Miller and new contributor Scott Spoolman have been at work scrutinizing every line--enhancing, clarifying, and streamlining to reduce word density as well as updating with the very latest environmental news and research. The resulting texts are shorter, clearer, and so engaging that your students will actually want to read their assignments. The Fifteenth Edition's engaging, streamlined coverage includes over 4,000 updates and new topics; hundreds of new "Thinking About" exercises that engage students in critical thinking about environmental science topics; "Core Case Studies" that reinforce chapter concepts; 127 new photos; and superb, integrated coverage of sustainability! New to this edition for instructors is PowerLecture, a one-stop shop for lecture prep that includes everything you need to create dynamic lectures all in one place.

Table of Contents

Humans and Sustainability: An Overview

Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability

Environmental History: Learning From the Past

Science and Ecological Principles

Science, Systems, Matter, and Energy

Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?

Evolution and Biodiversity

Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity

Aquatic Biodiversity

Community Ecology

Population Ecology

Applying Population Ecology: The Human Population

Sustaining Biodiversity

Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: Managing and Protecting Ecosystems

Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach

Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity

Sustaining Natural Resources

Food and Soil Resources

Water Resources

Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources

Nonrenewable Energy Resources

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Sustaining Environmental Quality

Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health

Air Pollution

Climate Change and Ozone Loss

Water Pollution

Pest Management

Solid and Hazardous Waste

Sustainable Cities

Sustaining Human Societies

Economics, Environment, and Sustainability

Politics, Environment, and Sustainability

Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability

Appendices

Units of Measurement

Major Events in U.S. Environmental History

Some Basic Chemistry

Classifying and Naming Species

Brief History of the Age of Oil

Glossary

Index

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