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Environmental Issues Today: Choices and Challenges [2 volumes]

Editat de Robert J. Duffy, Susan M. Opp
en Limba Engleză Quantity pack – 8 noi 2020 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This two-volume set provides an authoritative overview of the major environmental issues of the 21st century, with a special focus on current challenges, trends, and policy choices.This set provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and focused resource for understanding the nature and scope of environmental challenges facing the United States and the world in the 21st century, as well as options for meeting those challenges. Volume One covers environmental trends and challenges within the United States, while Volume Two illuminates environmental issues and choices around the world. Issues covered in both volumes include vital topics such as climate change, air and water pollution, natural resource and species protection, and agricultural/industrial impacts on the environment and public health. For all topics, the authors-scholars and experts hailing from a wide range of environmental and policy fields-detail a range of political, social, and economic options for the future and explain why the issue in question is important for society and people as well as the natural world.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781440859847
ISBN-10: 1440859841
Pagini: 785
Greutate: 2.11 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția ABC-CLIO
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Illuminating sidebars providing case studies about important environmental trends and policies

Notă biografică

Robert J. Duffy is professor of political science at Colorado State University.Susan M. Opp is professor of political science at Colorado State University.

Cuprins

IntroductionPart 1: Environmental Policy and Protection1 Environmental Law and Policy WorldwideJ. Michael Angstadt2 Environmental Justice WorldwideDeanna HellingerPart 2: Human Impacts of Environmental Issues3 Air Quality WorldwideHyeyoon Park4 Water WorldwideShae Rupinsky5 Food Supply WorldwideSamantha L. Mosier6 Waste Management WorldwideMark W. Davis7 Climate Change WorldwideWalter OglesbyPart 3: Land Use and Conservation of Natural Resources8 The ArcticEric Fattor9 Wildlife Management WorldwideSusan M. Opp10 Farming and Ranching WorldwideNichola Jeffrey11 Forests WorldwideAndrea Duffy12 Oceans WorldwideMatthew Q. Clary13 Wilderness and Protected Areas WorldwideCandice Carr Kelman14 National Parks WorldwidePeter Harris15 Smart Growth and Land-Use Planning WorldwideSusan M. OppPart 4: Energy and Environment16 Coal WorldwideTrenten Robinson17 Natural Gas WorldwideRobert J. Duffy18 Oil WorldwideMac-Jane Crayton and Jonathan M. Fisk19 Nuclear Energy WorldwideJonathan Kelman20 Renewable Energy WorldwideJeffrey J. CookSelected BibliographyAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex

Recenzii

Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Students in two-year technical programs.
 
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