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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I: HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW
1. Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
2. Environmental History: An Overview

Part II: SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS
3. Science, Systems, Matter, and Energy
4. Ecosystems: Components, Energy Flow, and Matter Cycling
5. Evolution and Biodiversity: Origins, Niches, and Adaptation
6. Biogeography: Climate, Biomes, and Terrestrial Biodiversity
7. Aquatic Ecology: Biodiversity in Aquatic Systems
8. Community Ecology: Structure, Species Interactions, Succession, and Sustainability
9. Population Dynamics, Carrying Capacity, and Conservation Biology
10. Geology: Processes, Hazards, and Soils
11. Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health

Part III: HUMAN POPULATION, RESOURCES, AND SUSTAINABILITY
12. The Human Population: Growth, Demography, and Carrying Capacity
13. Food Resources
14. Water Resources
15. Geologic Resources: Nonrenewable Mineral and Energy Resources

Part IV: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND POLLUTION
17. Air and Air Pollution
18. Climate Change and Ozone Loss
19. Water Pollution
20. Pesticides and Pest Control
21. Solid and Hazardous Waste

Part V: SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY AND CITIES
22. Sustaining Wild Species
23. Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach
24. Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity
25. Sustainable Cities: Urban Land Use and Management

Part VI: ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
26. Economics, Environment, and Sustainability
27. Politics, Environment, and Sustainability
28. Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability
Appendices
Glossary

Includes Index