Living in the environment : principles, connections, and solutions / G. Tyler Miller, Jr.

CONTENT
PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES

1: Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
1.1 Living Sustainably
1.2 Growth and the Wealth Gap
1.3 Resources
1.4 Pollution
1.5 Environmental and Resources Problem: Causes and Connections
Etc.

2: CRITICAL THINKING: SCIENCE, MODELS, AND SYSTEMS
2.1 Science, Technology, and Environmental Science
2.2 Systems and System Models
2.3 Some Basic Components and Behaviors of System Models
2.4 Some Behaviors of Complex Systems

3: MATTER AND ENERGY RESOURCES: TYPES AND CONCEPTS
3.1 Matter: Forms, Structure, and Quality
3.2 Energy: Forms and Quality
3.3 Physical and Chemical Changes and the Law of Conservation of Matter
3.4 Nuclear Changes
3.5 The Two Ironclad Laws of Energy
Etc.

PART II: ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES

4:ECOLOGY, ECOSYSTEMS, AND FOOD WEBS
4.1 Ecology and Life
4.2 Earth's Life-Support Systems
4.3 Ecosystem Concepts
4.4 Food Webs and Energy Flow in Ecosystems
4.5 How Do Ecologists Learn About Ecosystems?
Etc.

5: NUTRIENT CYCLES AND SOILS
5.1 Matter Cycling in Ecosystems
5.2 The Water Cycle
5.3 The Carbon Cycle
5.4 The Nitrogen Cycle
5.5 The Phosphorus Cycle
Etc.

6: EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY: ORIGINS, NICHES, AND ADAPTATION
6.1 Major Types of Life on the Earth
6.2 Origins of Life
6.3 Evolution and Adaptation
6.4 Adaptation and the Ecological Niche
6.5 Speciation, Extinction, and Biodiversity
Etc.

7: GEOGRAPHICAL ECOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND BIOMES
7.1 Weather and Climate: A Brief Introduction
7.2 Biomes: Climate and Life on Land
7.3 Desert Biomes
7.4 Grassland, Tundra, and Chaparral Biomes
7.5 Forest Biomes
Etc.

8: AQUATIC ECOLOGY
8.1 Limiting Factors in Aquatic Environments
8.2 Saltwater Life Zones
8.3 Freshwater Life Zones
8.4 Sustainability of Aquatic Ecosystems

9: COMMUNITY PROCESSES: SPECIES INTERACTIONS AND SUCCESSION
9.1 The Ecological Niche
9.2 Some General Types of Species
9.3 Species Interactions: Competition and Predation
9.4 Symbiotic Species Interactions: Parasitism, Mutualism, and Commensalism
9.5 Ecosystem Structure and Ecological Succession
Etc.

10: POPULATION DYNAMICS, CARRYING CAPACITY, AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
10.1 Characteristics of Populations
10.2 Population Dynamics and Carrying Capacity
10.3 Reproductive Strategies and Survival
10.4 Conservation Biology
10.5 Human Impacts on Ecosystems: Learning from Nature
Etc.

PART III: HUMAN POPULATION, RESOURCES, AND SUSTAINABILITY

11: HUMAN POPULATION: GROWTH, DEMOGRAPHY, AND CARRYING CAPACITY
11.1 Factors Affecting Human Population Size
11.2 Population Age Structure
11.3 Solutions: Influencing Population Size
11.4 Case Studies: Slowing Population Growth in India and China
11.5 Cutting Global Population Growth and Sustainability

12: FOOD RESOURCES
12.1 How is Food Produced?
12.2 World Food Problems and Challenges
12.3 Increasing World Food Production
12.4 Catching or Raising more Fish
12.5 Agricultural Policy, Food Aid, and Land Reform
Etc.

13: WATER
13.1 Supply, Renewal, and Use of Water Resources
13.2 Too Little Water
13.3 Using Dams and Reservoirs to Supply More Water
13.4 Transferring Water from One Place to Another
13.5 Trapping Groundwater and Converting Salt Water to Fresh Water
Etc.

14: MINERAL AND SOIL RESOURCES
14.1 Geologic Processes
14.2 Finding and Removing Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
14.3 Estimating Supplies of Nonrenewable Mineral Resources
14.4 Increasing Mineral Resource Supplies
14.5 Environmental Effects of Extracting and Using Mineral Resources
Etc.

15: NONRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
15.1 Evaluating Energy Resources
15.2 Oil
15.3 Natural Gas
15.4 Coal
15.5 Nuclear Energy
Etc.

16: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
16.1 The Importance of Improving Energy Efficiency
16.2 Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency
16.3 Direct Use of Solar Energy for Heat and Electricity
16.4 Producing Electricity from Moving Water and from Heat Stored in Water
16.5 Producing Electricity from Wind
Etc.

PART IV: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND POLLUTION

17: RISK, TOXICOLOGY, AND HAUMAN HEALTH
17.1 Risks and Hazards
17.2 Toxicology
17.3 Chemical Hazards
17.4 Physical Hazards: Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, and Ionizing Radiation
17.5 Biological Hazards
Etc.

18: AIR POLLUTION
18.1 The Atmosphere
18.2 Urban Outdoor Air Pollution from Smog
18.3 Regional Outdoor Air Pollution from Acid Depositions
18.4 Indoor Air Pollution
18.5 Effects of Air Pollution on Living Organisms and Materials
Etc.

19: GLOBAL WARMING AND OZONE LOSS
19.1 The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
19.2 Global warming or a Lot of Hot Air: How Serious is the Threat?
19.3 Some Possible Effects of a Wormer World
19.4 Solutions: Dealing with the Threat of Global Warming
19.5 Ozone Depletion: Is it a Serious Threat?

20: WATER POLLUTION
20.1 Types and Sources of Water Pollution
20.2 Pollution of Stream and Lakes
20.3 Ocean Pollution
20.4 Solution: Preventing and Reducing Surface-Water Pollution
20.5 Groundwater Pollution and Its Prevention
Etc.

21: PROTECTING FOOD RESOURCES: PESTICIDES AND PEST CONTROL
21.1 Pesticides: Types and Uses
21.2 The Case for Pesticides
21.3 The Case Against Pesticides
21.4 Pesticide Regulation in the United States
21.5 Solutions: Other Ways to Control Pests

22: SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE
22.1 Wasting Resources: The High-Waste Approach
22.2 Producing Less Waste and Pollution: Reducing Throughput
22.3 Reuse
22.4 Recycling
22.5 Case Studies: Recycling Aluminum Wastepaper, and Plastics
Etc.

PART V: LAND USE BIODIVERSITY, AND CONSERVATION

23: SUSTAINING ECOSYSTEMS: LAND USE, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT
23.1 Land Use, Conservation, and Public Health in the United States: 1400-1960
23.2 The Environmental Movement in the United States: 1960-1998
23.3 Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, and Ecological Integrity
23.4 Public Lands In the United States
23.5: Managing and Sustaining Rangelands
Etc.

24: SUSTAINING ECOSYSTEMS: DEFORESTATION, BIODIVERSITY, AND FOREST MANAGEMENT
24.1 Forests: Types and Importance
24.2 Old-Growth Deforestation in the United States and Canada
24.3 Tropical Deforestation and Loss of Biodiversity
24.4 Managing and Sustaining Forests
24.5 Solutions: Reducing Tropical Deforestation and Fuel wood Shortages

25: SUSTAINING WILD SPECIES
25.1 Why Preserve Wild Species?
25.2 The Rise and Fall of Species
25.3 Causes of Depletion and Premature Extinction of Wild Species
25.4 Solution: Protecting Wild Species from Depletion and Extinction
25.5 Wildlife Management
Etc.

26: SUSTAINABLE CITIES: URBAN LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT
26.1 Urbanization and Growth
26.2 Urban Resources and Environmental Problems
26.3 Transportation and Urban Development
26.4 Urban-Land Use Planning and Control
26.5 Solutions: Making Urban Areas More Livable and Sustainable
Etc.

27: PART VI: ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
27.1 Economic Goods, Resources, and Systems
27.2 Economic Growth and External Costs
27.3 Solutions: Using Economics to Improve Environmental Quality
27.4 Solutions: Reducing Poverty
27.5 Solutions: Converting to Earth-Sustaining Economics
Etc.

28: POLITICS AND ENVIRONMENT
28.1 Politics and Environmental Policy
28.2 Influencing Environmental Policy
28.3 Environmental Groups
28.4 The Anti-Environmental Movement
28.5 Evaluating Claims of Environmentalists and Anti-Environmentalists
Etc.

29: ENVIRONMENTAL WORLDVIEWS, ETHICS, AND SUSTAINABILITY
29.1 Environmental Worldviews in Industrial Societies
29.2 Life-Centered and Earth-Centered Environmental Worldviews
29.3 Solutions: Living Sustainably

Includes bibliographical references, Glossary G.1-14 and index 11-116