本书介绍了环境问题和环境问题产生的原因,能源与气候变化问题,生态学原理与应用,环境政策、法律与规划管理。本书强调环境责任、全球意识,书中列举了大量全球及北美的实例。并注重培养学生批判性思维,使用量化分析、数据统计、概率的方法,帮助学生分析矛盾的数据、利益冲突、对事实完全相反的解释。全书配有大量图表,内容丰富生动,数据翔实。各章含Case StudyWhat Do You ThinkData Analysis模块,章后有小结、术语复习、讨论题,易于读者学习。本书可作为高等学校各专业环境科学课程的教材,也可供对环境保护感兴趣的读者阅读。
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關於作者:
William P. Cunningham, 明尼苏达大学荣退教授。在大学的38年教学生涯中,教授过环境科学、资源生物学、环境健康、环境伦理、植物生理学、细胞生物学等课程。明尼苏达大学优秀教师委员会成员。曾在瑞典、挪威、巴西、新西兰、中国印度尼西亚等国从事研究和教学。Mary Ann Cunningham, 瓦萨学院(Vassar College)地理学副教授。生物地理学者,研究领域是景观生态学、地理信息系统、遥感。讲授环境科学、自然资源保护、土地利用规划、GIS和遥感。
目錄:
Introduction 1
1 Understanding Our Environment 11
2 Principles of Science and Systems 33
3 Matter, Energy, and Life 48
4 Evolution, Biological Communities,
and Species Interactions 71
5
Biomes: Global Patterns of Life 95
6 Population Biology 113
7 Human Populations 127
8
Environmental Health and
Toxicology 148
9 Food and Hunger 173
10 Farming: Conventional and Sustainable
Practices 191