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Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future, 11/E
Richard T. Wright, Gordon College
Dorothy Boorse, Gordon College

ISBN-10: 0321598709
ISBN-13: 9780321598707

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2011
Format: Paper; 696 pp
Published: 01/10/2010
Status: Instock

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For introductory courses in Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, and Environmental Biology.

By emphasizing the memorable themes of science, sustainability and stewardship, the Eleventh Edition of this popular textbook helps students understand the science behind environmental issues and what they can do to build a more sustainable future. This thorough revision features updated content, graphics, and photos, plus the addition of new co-author Dorothy Boorse.

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Wright & Boorse, Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future with MasteringEnvironmentalScience™, 11/E

Features

An impartial presentation is known for scientific accuracy and thorough topic coverage.

Three unifying themes of science, sustainability, and stewardship help students conceptualize the task of forging a sustainable future.

Essays explore the three themes at appropriate points within chapters and provide a memorable perspective on the topic. Themes are recapped and discussed at the end of each chapter to help students connect the chapter topics to the themes. A final capstone chapter revisits these themes.

Timely coverage of topical concerns including the Aral Sea as a major environmental disaster; emerging diseases like swine flu; the 2008 World Population Data Sheet; the 2008 Iowa floods; the “green revolution;” the Endangered Species Act controversy; restoration of the Everglades, and the 2007 Global Forest Resources Assessment.

Unique chapter on Ecosystem Capital (Chapter 7: The Use and Restoration of Ecosystems) explores how ecosystems provide valuable goods and services to society.

New To This Edition

A focus on science, sustainability, and stewardship is interwoven throughout the book so that students can walk away from the course with a memorable framework for making informed decisions about environmental issues.

Expanded Making a Difference sections appear at the end of each chapter and give students practical suggestions for promoting sustainable practices and protecting the earth for future generations.

Fresh new graphics and photos provide a more current, vivid and appealing view of environmental science concepts.

Earlier discussion of Economics and Policy (moved from Chapter 22 in the Tenth Edition to Chapter 2 in the Eleventh Edition) gives students a basic foundation in the social sciences before studying specific issues.

New chapter organization provides cohesive units on Ecology (Part 2, Chapters 3-7) and Human Population and Essential Resources (Part 3, Chapters 8-13).

The text is printed on FSC certified paper to set the gold standard in use of environmentally responsible publishing, following guidelines from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for reducing energy usage, reducing impact on forests, and limiting the release of toxic chemicals into the environment.

Table of Contents

I. FRAMEWORK FOR A SUSTATAINABLE FUTURE

1. Science and the Environment

2. Economics, Politics, and Public Policy

II. ECOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

3. Basic Needs of Living Things

4. Populations and Communities

5. Ecosystems: Energy, Patterns, and Disturbance

6. Wild Species and Biodiversity

7. The Use and Restoration of Ecosystems

III. THE HUMAN POPULATION AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES

8. The Human Population

9. Population and Development

10. Water: Hydrologic Cycle and Human Use

11. Soil: Foundation for Land Ecosystems

12. The Production and Distribution of Food

13. Pests and Pest Control

IV. HARNESSING ENERGY FOR HUMAN SOCIETY

14. Energy from Fossil Fuels

15. Nuclear Power

16. Renewable Energy

V. POLLUTION AND PREVENTION

17. Environmental Hazards and Human Health

18. Global Climate Change

19. Atmospheric Pollution

20. Water Pollution and Its Prevention

21. Municipal Solid Waste: Disposal and Recovery

22. Hazardous Chemicals: Pollution and Prevention

VI. STEWARDSHIP FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

23. Sustainable Communities and Lifestyles

Appendix A Environmental

Organizations

Appendix B Units of Measure

Credits

Glossary

Index

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Introduction to Environmental Science/Studies (Environmental Science)

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