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Introduction
1.1 Earth and Environment
1.2 Sustainability
1. 1.3 Environmental Economics and the Role of Environmental Regulation in Free Markets
1.6 Chapter Resources
2.1 Air Pollution - Overview and "Traditional" Air Pollutants
2.2 Climate Change - Atmospheric and Climatic Aspects
2.3 Air Pollution Trends and Control
2.4 Air Pollution Case Study - Dust and the Wind
3.1 The Water Resource
3.2 Categories of Water Pollution
3.3 Water Treatment
3.4 Water Pollution Control
4.1 Population Demographics and Dynamics
4.2 Population Growth and Regulation
4.3 The Human Population
4.4 Community Ecology
4.5 Chapter Resources
2. 5.1 Introduction to Biodiversity
3. 5.2 Origin of Biodiversity
5.3 Importance of Biodiversity
5.4 Threats to Biodiversity
5.5 Preserving Biodiversity
5.6 Chapter Resources
6.1 The Impacts of Environmental Conditions
6.2 Environmental Health
6.3 Environmental Toxicology
4. 6.4 Bioremediation
6.5 Case Study: The Love Canal Disaster
6.6 Chapter Resources
7.1 Water Cycle and Fresh Water Supply
7.2 Water Supply Problems and Solutions
7.3 Water Pollution
7.4 Water Treatment
7.5 Case Study: The Aral Sea – Going, Going, Gone
7.6 Chapter Resources
8.1 Food Security
5. 8.2 Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
8.3 Chapter Resources
9.1 Soil Profiles and Processes
9.2 Soil-Plant Interactions
9.3 Conventional Agriculture
9.4 Pests and Pesticides
9.6 Chapter Resources
9.5 Sustainable Agriculture
3.1 Energy Flow through Ecosystems
3.2 Biogeochemical Cycles
3.3 Terrestrial Biomes
3.4 Aquatic Biomes
3.5 Chapter Resources
2.4 Chapter Resources - needs to be updated
11.1 Challenges and Impacts of Energy Use
11.2 Non-Renewable Energy Sources
11.3 Renewable Energy Sources
6. 11.4 Alternative Fuels as Sustainable Options
11.5 Chapter Resources
7. 12.1 Environmental Concerns with Wastes
8. 12.2 Waste Management Strategies
9. 12.3 Waste Policies
10. 12.4 Case Study: Electronic Waste and Extended Producer Responsibility
11. 12.5 Chapter Resources
12. 13.1 Environmental Economics
13. 13.2 Environmental Laws and Regulations
14. 13.3 Chapter Resources
15. 14.1 Urbanization and Cities
16. 14.2 Urbanization Around the World
17. 14.3 The Impacts of Urban Sprawl
18. 14.4 The Sustainable City
19. 14.5 Case Study: Responding to a New Paradigm -- The Challenge for Local Authorities
20. 14.6 Chapter Resources
Appendix
Glossary
Afterword
Environmental Sustainability Science Copyright © by kkinzel. All Rights Reserved.
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