People and the Environment 1st Edition by Jennifer Boothroyd ISBN 0761339892 9780761339892

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ISBN 10: 0761339892
ISBN 13: 9780761339892
Author: Jennifer Boothroyd

People and the Environment 1st Table of contents:

section 1. how humans affect the environment

• introduction: how humans affect the environment

• case studies

  1. cars rule—american dependence on the automobile

  2. great barrier reef—human activities endanger coral reefs

  3. dead zones—the gulf of mexico

  4. great pacific garbage patch

  5. nigeria’s oil causes human rights abuses and environmental degradation

• key concepts

  • agriculture

  • food miles

  • air pollution

  • animal agriculture

  • biodiversity loss

  • agrobiodiversity loss

  • climate change

  • climate change policies

  • deforestation

  • endangered species

  • energy

  • corn ethanol from mining the soil

  • e‑waste

  • fracking

  • genetically modified crops

  • hazardous waste

  • brownfield sites

  • mining

  • overfishing

  • solid waste (garbage!)

  • superfund

  • technology: innovation and consequences

  • assembly line manufacturing

  • urbanization

  • water pollution

  • water scarcity

section 2. how the environment affects humans

• introduction: how the environment affects humans

• case studies
  6. climate change is occurring—regardless of politics
  7. climate refugees—island nations disappear because of rising seas
  8. endangered snow leopard in afghanistan—local efforts to promote conservation
  9. the power of hurricane katrina (2005)—evacuation and the aftermath
  10. the 2004 south asian tsunami natural disaster

• key concepts

  • adaptation

  • anthropocene

  • small-scale solar power in africa

  • drought

  • earthquake

  • ecosystem services

  • ecotourism

  • flood

  • global north and global south

  • environmental crime

  • habitat and wildlife

  • human modification of ecosystems

  • global environmental agreements

  • human population

  • hurricane

  • mitigation

  • u.s. global change research program

  • natural hazards

  • parks and urban green space

  • happiness and sustainability

  • protected areas and national parks

  • tornado

  • volcano

  • wildfire

section 3. sustainable management of natural resources

• introduction: sustainable management of natural resources

• case studies
  11. china’s bold steps toward renewable energy—better late than never
  12. citizen science—helping scientists understand migratory birds
  13. costa rica’s peace with nature: conservation, biodiversity, and sustainability
  14. denmark’s achievements in organic agriculture
  15. great green wall of africa

• key concepts

  • alternative agriculture

  • assessments and “footprints”

  • composting

  • zero‑waste communities

  • earth day

  • electric cars

  • environmental justice

  • professor maathai and kenya’s green belt movement

  • environmental nongovernmental organizations (ENGOs)

  • environmental policy

  • green buildings

  • green consumerism

  • fleece jackets from recycled bottles!

  • green political party

  • green technology

  • recycling

  • zero‑waste home

  • renewable energy

  • sustainable cities

  • sustainable development

  • auroville, city of peace

  • sustainable diet

  • water conservation

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