TY - BOOK AU - Miller,G.Tyler TI - Living in the environment: principles, connections, and solutions SN - 053456268X (hardcover : alk. paper) U1 - 363.7 22 PY - 2000/// CY - Australia PB - Brooks/Cole KW - Environmental sciences KW - Human ecology KW - Environmental policy N1 - 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 ER -