Eldon D.Enger,美国DeltaCollege生物学荣誉退休教授。从事生物学、动物学、环境科学等课程教学30多年,潜心教学方法研究,主要从事生态学领域的科学研究。Bradley F.Smith:曾任Western Washington University系主任,美国环保局环境教育办公室主任等职务。曾在美国和加拿大进行教学和科研,在国际舞台上宣传环境保护。从事政治科学和环境科学领域研究。
目录
CHAPTER 1 Environmental Interrelationships 1 CHAPTER 2 Environmental Ethics 17 CHAPTER 3 Risk, Economics, and Environmental Concerns 39 CHAPTER 4 Interrelated Scientific Principles: Matter, Energy, and Environment 58 CHAPTER 5 Interactions: Environments and Organisms 77 CHAPTER 6 Kinds of Ecosystems and Communities 109 CHAPTER 7 Populations: Characteristics and Issues 142 CHAPTER 8 Energy and Civilization: Patterns of Consumption 173 CHAPTER 9 Nonrenewable Energy Sources 188 CHAPTER 10 Renewable Energy Sources 214 CHAPTER 11 Biodiversity Issues 234 CHAPTER 12 Land-Use Planning 266 CHAPTER 13 Soil and Its Uses 290 CHAPTER 14 Agricultural Methods and Pest Management 315 CHAPTER 15 Water Management 337 CHAPTER 16 Air Quality Issues 370 CHAPTER 17 Climate Change: A Twenty-first Century Issue 393 CHAPTER 18 Solid Waste Management and Disposal 409 CHAPTER 19 Environmental Regulations: Hazardous Substances and Wastes 425 CHAPTER 20 Environmental Policy and Decision Making 447 A ppendix 1 471 A ppendix 2 472 G lossary 474 C redits 481 I ndex 483