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本書介紹瞭環境問題和環境問題産生的原因，能源與氣候變化問題，生態學原理與應用，環境政策、法律與規劃管理。本書強調環境責任、全球意識，書中列舉瞭大量全球及北美的實例。並注重培養學生批判性思維，使用量化分析、數據統計、概率的方法，幫助學生分析矛盾的數據、利益衝突、對事實完全相反的解釋。
全書配有大量圖錶，內容豐富生動，數據翔實。各章含“Case Study”“What Do You Think”“Data Analysis”模塊，章後有小結、術語復習、討論題，易於讀者學習。
本書可作為高等學校各專業環境科學課程的教材，也可供對環境保護感興趣的讀者閱讀。

內容簡介

本書介紹瞭環境問題和環境問題産生的原因，能源與氣候變化問題，生態學原理與應用，環境政策、法律與規劃管理。本書強調環境責任、全球意識，書中列舉瞭大量全球及北美的實例。並注重培養學生批判性思維，使用量化分析、數據統計、概率的方法，幫助學生分析矛盾的數據、利益衝突、對事實完全相反的解釋。
全書配有大量圖錶，內容豐富生動，數據翔實。各章含“Case Study”“What Do You Think”“Data Analysis”模塊，章後有小結、術語復習、討論題，易於讀者學習。
本書可作為高等學校各專業環境科學課程的教材，也可供對環境保護感興趣的讀者閱讀。

作者簡介

William P. Cunningham, 明尼蘇達大學榮退教授。在大學的38年教學生涯中，教授過環境科學、資源生物學、環境健康、環境倫理、植物生理學、細胞生物學等課程。明尼蘇達大學優秀教師委員會成員。曾在瑞典、挪威、巴西、新西蘭、中國印度尼西亞等國從事研究和教學。Mary Ann Cunningham, 瓦薩學院（Vassar College）地理學副教授。生物地理學者，研究領域是景觀生態學、地理信息係統、遙感。講授環境科學、自然資源保護、土地利用規劃、GIS和遙感。

目錄

Introduction 1

1 Understanding Our Environment 11
2 Principles of Science and Systems 33
3 Matter, Energy, and Life 48
4 Evolution, Biological Communities,

and Species Interactions 71

5

Biomes: Global Patterns of Life 95
6 Population Biology 113
7 Human Populations 127

8

Environmental Health and
Toxicology 148

9 Food and Hunger 173

10 Farming: Conventional and Sustainable
Practices 191

11 Biodiversity: Preserving Species 218

12 Biodiversity: Preserving Landscapes 242
13 Restoration Ecology 265
14 Geology and Earth Resources 289
15 Climate Change 308

16

Air Pollution 335

17 Water Use and Management 362

18

Water Pollution 385

19 Conventional Energy 410
20 Sustainable Energy 433
21 Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste 459

22

Urbanization and Sustainable Cities 479

23 Ecological Economics 499

24 Environmental Policy, Law, and
Planning 523

25

What Then Shall We Do? 543

精彩書摘

Understanding
Our Environment

Learning Outcomes

After studying this chapter, you should be able to:

1.1
Explain what environmental science is, and how it
draws on different kinds of knowledge.

1.2
Identify some early thinkers on environment and
resources, and contrast some of their ideas.

1.3
Describe sustainable development and its goals.

1.4
Explain core concepts in sustainable development.

1.5
Identify ways in which ethics and faith might promote
sustainability and conservation.

“Working together, we have proven that
sustainable development is possible; that
reforestation of degraded land is possible; and
that exemplary governance is possible when
ordinary citizens are informed, sensitized, mobilized
and involved in direct action for their environment.”

– Wangari Maathai (1940–2011)
Winner of 2004 Nobel Peace Prize


11



CASE STUDY

continued


CHAPTER 1 Understanding Our Environment
13

produce it for $45 per kg, and expects to drive prices down even
further in coming years. Stronger state regulation is also helpful, as
the central government can establish strong policies and streamline
installation rules, pushing utilities to switch to renewable power.

The case of Rizhao demonstrates some central themes in envi
ronmental
science that you’ll be considering throughout this book.
Environmental science is a global concern, which unites our inter
ests
and our needs for understanding and managing resources. As
our collective demand for resources grows, it becomes more urgent
to help developing areas improve their lot without destroying the
environmental systems on which we all depend. In this book we’ll
ask, What are resources? What are environmental systems, and
what methods do scientists use to understand them? How have
human populations grown and changed, and why? How can we
make smart, environmentally informed policy decisions that will
protect our communities and the other species, over the long term?

China, with one-fifth of the world’s population, has become a
test case for many of our ideas about resources, population, policy,
urbanization, and many other major changes. With good planning,
China could help lead the way toward more sustainable futures.

Political Science
Which policies lead
to sustainable solutions?
Sociology
How do people
adopt new ideas?
Urban Planning
What urban
designs
can reduce
energy use?
Engineering
Can we design
better vehicles?
Economics
What are benefits and
costs of energy sources?
Ecology
How does energy
production affect
populations?
Chemistry
How can we make
better batteries? Goal:

前言/序言

齣 版 前 言

在 21 世紀之初，麵臨各種環境問題，人類清醒地認識到要走可持續發展之路。而發展環境教育是解決環境問題和實
施可持續發展戰略的根本。高等學校的環境教育，是提高新世紀建設者的環境意識，並嚮社會輸送環境保護專門人纔的
重要途徑。為瞭反映國外環境類教材的最新內容和編寫風格，同時也為瞭提高學生閱讀專業文獻和獲取信息的能力，我
們精選瞭國外一些優秀的環境類教材，加以影印或翻譯，組成大學環境教育叢書。所選教材均在國外被廣泛采用，多數
已再版，書中不僅介紹瞭有關概念、原理及技術方法，給齣瞭豐富的數據，也反映瞭作者不同的學術觀點。

我們希望這套叢書的齣版能對高等院校師生和廣大科技人員有所幫助，並為我國的環境教育事業作齣貢獻。

清華大學齣版社

2017 年 11 月