Table of Contents:

PART I: HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW.

• 1. The Environment and Sustainability.

PART II: SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES, AND SUSTAINABILITY.

• 2. Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems.

• 3. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?

• 4. Biodiversity and Evolution.

• 5. Species Interactions, Ecological Succession, and Population Control.

• 6. The Human Population and Its Impact.

• 7. Climate and Biodiversity.

• 8. Aquatic Biodiversity.

PART III: SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY.

• 9. Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Species and Ecosystem Services.
  10. Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: Saving Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services.

• 11. Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

PART IV: SUSTAINING NATURAL RESOURCES.

• 12. Food Production and the Environment.

• 13. Water Resources.

• 14. Geology and Mineral Resources.

• 15. Nonrenewable Energy.

• 16. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

PART V: SUSTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

• 17. Environmental Hazards and Human Health.

• 18. Air Pollution and Ozone Depletion.

• 19. Climate Change.

• 20. Water Pollution.

• 21. Solid and Hazardous Waste.

• 22. Urbanization and Sustainability.

PART VI: SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETIES.

• 23. Economics, Environment, and Sustainability.

• 24. Politics, Environment, and Sustainability.

• 25. Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability.

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