Table of Contents:

HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW.

• 1. Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability.

ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY.

• 2. Science, Matter, and Energy.

• 3. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?

• 4. Biodiversity and Evolution.

• 5. Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control.

• 6. The Human Population and Urbanization.

• 7. Climate and Biodiversity.

SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY.

• 8. Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach.

• 9. Sustaining Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach.

SUSTAINING RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

• 10. Food, Soil, and Pest Management.

• 11. Water Resources and Water Pollution.

• 12. Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals.

• 13. Energy.

• 14. Environmental Hazards and Human Health.

• 15. Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion.

• 16. Solid and Hazardous Waste.

SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETIES.

• 17. Environmental Economics, Politics, and Worldviews.

Chapter Review Questions

SUPPLEMENTS.

Glossary.

Index.

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