Environmental issues : an introduction to sustainability /
By: McConnell, Robert L
Title By: Abel, Daniel C
Material type: BookPublisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2008.Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xii, 338 p. : ill ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780131566507Program: ENVI030Other title: Introduction to sustainability.Subject(s): Environmental sciences -- Study and teaching (Higher) | Pollution -- Study and teaching (Higher)DDC classification: 362.3072 MC EN Online resources: Location MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 362.3072 MC EN (Browse shelf) | Available | T0032926 | ||
REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 362.3072 MC EN (Browse shelf) | Available | T0032071 |
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.
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