Environmental Science: A Global Concern

environmental science: a global concern, Eleventh Edition, is a comprehensive presentation of environmental science for non-science majors which emphasises critical thinking, environmental responsibility, and global awareness. This book is intended for use in a one- or two-semester course in environmental science, human ecology, or environmental studies at the college or advanced placement high school level. We have updated data throughout the chapters in this book. Information and examples presented are the most recent available as of the mid-2009. You will find an abundance of specific numbers and current events details that are difficult to keep up-to-date in a textbook. The goal of this book is to provide an up-to-date, introductory global view of essential themes in environmental science along with emphasis on details and case studies that will help students process and retain the general principles. Because most students who will use this book are freshman or sophomore non-science majors, the authors make the text readable and accessible without technical jargon or a presumption of prior science background.

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William Cunningham is a professor of cell biology at the University of Minnesota. He received a B.S. degree in biology from Southwest Texas State College in 1959 and a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Texas in 1963. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at both the Wenner Gren Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and Purdue University. He holds memberships in many biological/educational societies and organizations and has received numerous honors and awards. Dr. Cunningham has devoted himself to education and teaching development at the undergraduate level in biology. He began his educational career in structural biology but for the last 10-15 years has concentrated on environmental science, teaching courses such as Social Uses of Biology; Garbage, Government, and the Globe; Environmental Ethics; and Conservation History. Within the past four years, he has received both of the two highest teaching honors that the University of Minnesota bestows -- The Distinguished Teaching Award and a $15,000 Amoco Alumni Award. This year he is serving as Faculty Mentor for younger faculty at the university, sharing the knowledge and teaching skills that he has gained during his distinguished career.

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Part One Principles for Understanding Our Environment


1 Understanding Our Environment


2 Principles of Science and Systems


3 Matter, Energy, and Life


4 Evolution, Biological Communities, and Species Interactions


5 Biomes: Global Patterns of Life


6 Population Biology


Part Two People in the Environment


7 Human Populations


8 Environmental Health and Toxicology


9 Food and Hunger


10 Farming: Conventional and Sustainable Practices


Part Three Understanding and Managing Living Systems


11 Biodiversity: Preserving Species


12 Biodiversity: Preserving Landscapes


13 Restoration Ecology


Part Four Physical Resources and Environmental Systems


14 Geology and Earth Resources


15 Air, Weather, and Climate


16 Air Pollution


17 Water Use and Management


18 Water Pollution


Part Five Issues and Policy


19 Conventional Energy


20 Sustainable Energy


21 Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste


22 Urbanization and Sustainable Cities


23 Ecological Economics


24 Environmental Policy, Law, and Planning


25 What Then Shall We Do?

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