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本书介绍了环境问题和环境问题产生的原因，能源与气候变化问题，生态学原理与应用，环境政策、法律与规划管理。本书强调环境责任、全球意识，书中列举了大量全球及北美的实例。并注重培养学生批判性思维，使用量化分析、数据统计、概率的方法，帮助学生分析矛盾的数据、利益冲突、对事实完全相反的解释。
全书配有大量图表，内容丰富生动，数据翔实。各章含“Case Study”“What Do You Think”“Data Analysis”模块，章后有小结、术语复习、讨论题，易于读者学习。
本书可作为高等学校各专业环境科学课程的教材，也可供对环境保护感兴趣的读者阅读。

内容简介

本书介绍了环境问题和环境问题产生的原因，能源与气候变化问题，生态学原理与应用，环境政策、法律与规划管理。本书强调环境责任、全球意识，书中列举了大量全球及北美的实例。并注重培养学生批判性思维，使用量化分析、数据统计、概率的方法，帮助学生分析矛盾的数据、利益冲突、对事实完全相反的解释。
全书配有大量图表，内容丰富生动，数据翔实。各章含“Case Study”“What Do You Think”“Data Analysis”模块，章后有小结、术语复习、讨论题，易于读者学习。
本书可作为高等学校各专业环境科学课程的教材，也可供对环境保护感兴趣的读者阅读。

作者简介

William P. Cunningham, 明尼苏达大学荣退教授。在大学的38年教学生涯中，教授过环境科学、资源生物学、环境健康、环境伦理、植物生理学、细胞生物学等课程。明尼苏达大学优秀教师委员会成员。曾在瑞典、挪威、巴西、新西兰、中国印度尼西亚等国从事研究和教学。Mary Ann Cunningham, 瓦萨学院（Vassar College）地理学副教授。生物地理学者，研究领域是景观生态学、地理信息系统、遥感。讲授环境科学、自然资源保护、土地利用规划、GIS和遥感。

目录

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

精彩书摘

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

出 版 前 言

在 21 世纪之初，面临各种环境问题，人类清醒地认识到要走可持续发展之路。而发展环境教育是解决环境问题和实
施可持续发展战略的根本。高等学校的环境教育，是提高新世纪建设者的环境意识，并向社会输送环境保护专门人才的
重要途径。为了反映国外环境类教材的最新内容和编写风格，同时也为了提高学生阅读专业文献和获取信息的能力，我
们精选了国外一些优秀的环境类教材，加以影印或翻译，组成大学环境教育丛书。所选教材均在国外被广泛采用，多数
已再版，书中不仅介绍了有关概念、原理及技术方法，给出了丰富的数据，也反映了作者不同的学术观点。

我们希望这套丛书的出版能对高等院校师生和广大科技人员有所帮助，并为我国的环境教育事业作出贡献。

清华大学出版社

2017 年 11 月