This textbook uses a systems approach to environmental science and its basic principles and focuses on sustainable technologies and economic systems and ways sustainable development can be implemented around the world, emphasizing sustainable technological and social solutions to environmental problems. It discusses the impact of humans on natural systems; how natural systems work; the use of natural resources; dealing with environmental degradation; and economic, social, historical, and legal aspects of environmental issues and solutions (provided online). Rewritten, this edition includes recent disasters, updated case studies, updated data and statistics, an expanded selection of calculation problems, new and revised figures and tables, and more coverage of sustainability, climate change, fossil fuels, national parks, and water resources. ([umlaut] Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)
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