Environmental Issues An Introduction to Sustainability

Name: Environmental Issues An Introduction to Sustainability
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ISBN: 9780131566507

ISBN-10: 0131566504

ISBN-13: 9780131566507

Edition: 3rd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Robert L. McConnell, Daniel C. Abel

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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…

Book details

List price: $73.32
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 4/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English



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