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_aMcConnell, Robert L. _954201 |
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_aEnvironmental issues : _ban introduction to sustainability / _cRobert L. McConnell, Daniel C. Abel. |
| 246 | _aIntroduction to sustainability | ||
| 250 | _a3rd ed. | ||
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_aUpper Saddle River, NJ : _bPrentice Hall, _c2008. |
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_axii, 338 p. : _bill ; _c28 cm. |
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| 500 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aBasic 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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_aEnvironmental sciences _xStudy and teaching (Higher) _954202 |
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_aPollution _xStudy and teaching (Higher) _954203 |
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_aAbel, Daniel C. _954204 |
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