| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780131566507 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
362.3072 MC EN |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
McConnell, Robert L. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Environmental issues : |
| Subtitle |
an introduction to sustainability / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Robert L. McConnell, Daniel C. Abel. |
| VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Introduction to sustainability |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Upper Saddle River, NJ : |
| Publisher |
Prentice Hall, |
| Date |
2008. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 338 p. : |
| Other Details |
ill ; |
| Size |
28 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
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. |
| STUDY PROGRAM |
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| Program name |
ENVI030 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Environmental sciences |
| General |
Study and teaching (Higher) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Pollution |
| General |
Study and teaching (Higher) |
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| Name |
Abel, Daniel C. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/pwm1hp4otarqak79455ek1zyjydfbaqm |
| Public note |
Location Map |
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