(eBook PDF) Environmental Science and Sustainability 1st Edition by Daniel J. Sherman – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 0393422100
- ISBN-13 : 978-0393422108
- Author: Daniel Sherman, David R. Montgomery
Environmental Science and Sustainability helps students discover their role in the environment and the impact of their choices. Authors David Montgomery and Daniel Sherman bring scientific and environmental policy expertise to a modern treatment of environmental science; in addition to teaching climate change, sustainability and resilience, they reveal how our personal decisions affect our planet and our lives.
Table contents:
1. Environmental Science and Sustainability—What’s the Big Idea?
2. Ethics, Economics, and Policy—Who or What Do We Value?
3. Matter and Energy—What Are the Building Blocks of Sustainability?
4. Life—What Shapes Biodiversity?
5. Conservation—Why Is It Important to Protect Biodiversity?
6. Human Population—Can We Have Too Many People?
7. Water—How Do We Use It and Affect Its Quality?
8. Air—What Are We Breathing?
9. Land—How Does It Shape Us?
10. Systems and Cycles—Are We Changing Earth’s Life Support System?
11. Climate—How Does Global Climate Change?
12. Food—How Do We Feed Ourselves?
13. Fossil Fuels—How do we power most of our world?
14. Alternative Energy—How Are Our Energy Choices Changing?
15. Waste—What Happens to the Stuff We Use?
16. Urbanization—Why Are Cities Growing?
17. Environmental Health and Justice—How Does the Environment Effect Our Health?
18. Decision Making—Why Do Our Choices matter
19. Groups & Oraganizations—How Do We Work Together?
20. Government—How Can Policy Influence Sustainability
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