McConnell, Robert L.
Environmental issues : an introduction to sustainability / Introduction to sustainability Robert L. McConnell, Daniel C. Abel. - 3rd ed. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2008. - xii, 338 p. : ill ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic concepts and tools: using math and critical thinking -- 1: Principles of sustainability -- 2: Population and migration -- Global population growth: is it sustainable? -- Carrying capacity and ecological footprint -- Coastal population growth: Bangladesh -- Population growth and migration -- 3: Climate change -- Greenhouse gases and climate change -- The challenges of climate change -- 4: Energy -- Oil and natural gas -- Coal -- Bringing the world to the U.S. standard of living -- Sustainable energy: is the answer blowing in the wind? -- 5: Consumption and the quality of life -- Global water supplies: are they sustainable? -- Motor vehicles and the environment I -- Motor vehicles and the environment II: global trends -- Whacker madness? the proliferation of Turfgrass -- Mountains of trash: are they sustainable? -- Gold mining: is it sustainable? -- Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) -- 6: Threats 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: Ballast water and exotic species -- Catch of the day: the state of global fisheries -- 7: Sustainability and the individual -- Sustainable communities: sprawl versus smart growth -- Sustainable coastal development -- Sustainable buildings and housing -- The three R's: reduction, reuse, and recycling -- A sustainable diet -- The sustainable campus -- Restoration ecology.
9780131566507
Environmental sciences--Study and teaching (Higher)
Pollution--Study and teaching (Higher)
362.3072 MC EN
Environmental issues : an introduction to sustainability / Introduction to sustainability Robert L. McConnell, Daniel C. Abel. - 3rd ed. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2008. - xii, 338 p. : ill ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic concepts and tools: using math and critical thinking -- 1: Principles of sustainability -- 2: Population and migration -- Global population growth: is it sustainable? -- Carrying capacity and ecological footprint -- Coastal population growth: Bangladesh -- Population growth and migration -- 3: Climate change -- Greenhouse gases and climate change -- The challenges of climate change -- 4: Energy -- Oil and natural gas -- Coal -- Bringing the world to the U.S. standard of living -- Sustainable energy: is the answer blowing in the wind? -- 5: Consumption and the quality of life -- Global water supplies: are they sustainable? -- Motor vehicles and the environment I -- Motor vehicles and the environment II: global trends -- Whacker madness? the proliferation of Turfgrass -- Mountains of trash: are they sustainable? -- Gold mining: is it sustainable? -- Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) -- 6: Threats 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: Ballast water and exotic species -- Catch of the day: the state of global fisheries -- 7: Sustainability and the individual -- Sustainable communities: sprawl versus smart growth -- Sustainable coastal development -- Sustainable buildings and housing -- The three R's: reduction, reuse, and recycling -- A sustainable diet -- The sustainable campus -- Restoration ecology.
9780131566507
Environmental sciences--Study and teaching (Higher)
Pollution--Study and teaching (Higher)
362.3072 MC EN