1 Foreword
2 Preface
3.1 An Introduction to Sustainability: Humanity and the Environment
3.2 What is Sustainability?
3.3 The IPAT Equation
3.4 Human Consumption Patterns and the “Rebound” Effect
3.5 Challenges for Sustainability
3.6 Chapter Review Questions
4.1 The Evolution of Environmental Policy in the United States – Chapter Introduction
4.2 The American Conservation Movement
4.3 Environmental Risk Management
4.4 Sustainability and Public Policy
4.5 Public Health and Sustainability
5.1 Climate and Global Change – Chapter Introduction
5.2 Climate Processes; External and Internal Controls
5.3 Milankovitch Cycles and the Climate of the Quaternary
5.4 Modern Climate Change
5.5 Climate Projections
6.1 Biosphere – Chapter Introduction
6.2 Biogeochemical Cycles and the Flow of Energy in the Earth System
6.3 Biodiversity, Species Loss, and Ecosystem Function
6.4 Soil and Sustainability
7.1 Physical Resources: Water, Pollution, and Minerals - Chapter Introduction
7.2 Water Cycle and Fresh Water Supply
7.3 Case Study: The Aral Sea - Going, Going, Gone
7.4 Water Pollution
7.5 Case Study: The Love Canal Disaster
7.6 Mineral Resources: Formation, Mining, Environmental Impact
7.7 Case Study: Gold: Worth its Weight?
8.1 Environmental and Resource Economics - Chapter Introduction
8.2 Tragedy of the Commons
8.3 Case Study: Marine Fisheries
8.4 Environmental Valuation
8.5 Evaluating Projects and Policies
8.6 Solutions: Property Rights, Regulations, and Incentive Policies
9.1 Modern Environmental Management – Chapter Introduction
9.2 Systems of Waste Management
9.3 Case Study: Electronic Waste and Extended Producer Responsibility
9.4 Government and Laws on the Environment
9.5 Risk Assessment Methodology for Conventional and Alternative Sustainability Options
10.1 Sustainable Energy Systems - Chapter Introduction
10.2 Environmental Challenges in Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Air, Water and Land Use
10.3 Case Study: Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
10.6 Applications of Phase Change Materials for Sustainable Energy
11.1 Problem-Solving, Metrics, and Tools for Sustainability - Chapter Introduction
11.2 Life Cycle Assessment
11.4 Sustainability and Business
12.1 The Human Dimensions of Sustainability: History, Culture, Ethics
12.2 It’s Not Easy Being Green: Anti-Environmental Discourse, Behavior, and Ideology
12.3 The Industrialization of Nature: A Modern History (1500 to the present)
12.4 Sustainability Studies: A Systems Literacy Approach
12.5 The Vulnerability of Industrialized Resource Systems: Two Case Studies
12.6 Case Study: Agriculture and the Global Bee Colony Collapse
12.7 Case Study: Energy and the BP Oil Disaster
12.8 Sustainability Ethics
13.1 Sustainable Infrastructure - Chapter Introduction
13.2 The Sustainable City
13.3 Sustainability and Buildings
13.4 Sustainable Energy Practices: Climate Action Planning
13.5 Sustainable Transportation: Accessibility, Mobility, and Derived Demand
13.6 Sustainable Stormwater Management
13.7 Case Study: A Net-Zero Energy Home in Urbana, Illinois