Chapter Summary of Living in the Environment

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PART 1 HUMANS AND NATURE: AN OVERVIEW

Chapter 1. Environmental Problems and Their Causes 3

Chapter 2. Brief History of Resource Use and Conservation 4

PART II SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS

Chapter 3. Scientific Principles and Concepts 5

Chapter 4. Matter and Energy Resources: Types and Concepts 6

Chapter 5. Ecosystems and How They Work 7

Chapter 6. Climate, Weather, and Life 8

Chapter 7. Changes in Populations, Communities, and

Chapter 8. Geologic Processes: The Dynamic Earth 10

Chapter 9. Population Dynamics: Influencing Population

Chapter 10. Population Distribution: Urban Living 12

PART IV ULTIMATE GLOBAL PROBLEMS

Chapter 11. Deforestation and Loss of Biodiversity 13

Chapter 12. Global Warming and Ozone Loss 14

Chapter 13. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 15

Chapter 14. Nonrenewable Energy and Resources 16

PART VI RISKS, HEALTH, RESOURCES, AND POLLUTION

Chapter 15. Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health 17

Chapter 16. Air and Air Pollution 17

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Chapter 17. Water Resources 18

Chapter 18. Water Pollution 20

Chapter 19. Minerals and Soil 21

Chapter 20. Solid and Hazardous Waste 22

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on of these policies comes too late to divert the serious depletion of environmental and social resources. Cutting Global Population Growth documents the goals of the U.N. Conference on Population and Development. Included is an essay by Garret Hardin, "Moral Implications of Cultural Carrying Capacity" (p. 248). CHAPTER 10. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION: URBAN LIVING This chapter describes how populations are distributed between rural and urban areas, and pinpoints the driving forces and implications of this distribution. The opening case study - Is your City Green? The Ecocity Concept in Davis, California - describes a "green city". Through the management of resources and restoration policies, Davis, California is unique in its designation as an ecologically sustainable city (p. 250). This chapter is organized under five subheading as follows: Urbanization and Urban Growth discusses urban growth as a result of birth rates and immigration and presents urbanization in Mexico City (p. 252) and in the United States (p. 253) as case studies. In addition, the spatial distribution of urban centers is classified. Urban Resource and Environmental Problems discusses the consequences of urbanization in the context of vegetation, wate
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