Eldon D.Enger,美國DeltaCollege生物學榮譽退休教授。從事生物學、動物學、環境科學等課程教學30多年,潛心教學方法研究,主要從事生態學領域的科學研究。Bradley F.Smith:曾任Western Washington University係主任,美國環保局環境教育辦公室主任等職務。曾在美國和加拿大進行教學和科研,在國際舞颱上宣傳環境保護。從事政治科學和環境科學領域研究。
目錄
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