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Sustainability - A Comprehensive Foundation

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Sustainability - A Comprehensive Foundation

This text is designed to introduce the reader to the essential concepts of sustainability. This subject is of vital importance seeking as it does to uncover the principles of the long-term welfare of all the peoples of the planet but is only peripherally served by existing college textbooks.

Environmental Engineering (Sustainability and Conservation)Engineering
Tác giả
Heriberto Cabezas
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Georgia College and State University
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LibreTexts
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CC BY
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EN
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  1. 01: Introduction to Sustainability Humanity and the Environment
  2. 1.01: What is Sustainability
  3. 1.02: The IPAT Equation
  4. 1.03: Human Consumption Patterns and the Rebound Effect
  5. 1.04: Challenges for Sustainability
  6. 02: The Evolution of Environmental Policy in the United States
  7. 2.01: The Evolution of Environmental Policy in the United States - Chapter Introduction
  8. 2.02: The American Conservation Movement
  9. 2.03: Environmental Risk Management
  10. 2.04: Sustainability and Public Policy
  11. 2.05: Public Health and Sustainability
  12. 03: Climate and Global Change
  13. 3.01: Climate and Global Change Chapter Introduction
  14. 3.02: Climate Processes External and Internal Controls
  15. 3.03: Milankovitch Cycles and the Climate of the Quaternary
  16. 3.04: Modern Climate Change
  17. 3.05: Climate Projections
  18. 04: Biosphere
  19. 4.01: Prelude to the Biosphere
  20. 4.02: Biogeochemical Cycles and the Flow of Energy in the Earth System
  21. 4.03: Biodiversity Species Loss and Ecosystem Function
  22. 4.04: Soil and Sustainability
  23. 05: Physical Resources- Water Pollution and Minerals
  24. 5.01: Physical Resources- Water Pollution and Minerals - Chapter Introduction
  25. 5.02: Water Cycle and Fresh Water Supply
  26. 5.03: Case Study- The Aral Sea - Going Going Gone
  27. 5.04: Water Pollution
  28. 5.05: Case Study- The Love Canal Disaster
  29. 5.06: Mineral Resources- Formation Mining Environmental Impact
  30. 5.07: Case Study- Gold- Worth its Weight
  31. 06: Environmental and Resource Economics
  32. 6.01: Environmental and Resource Economics - Chapter Introduction
  33. 6.02: Tragedy of the Commons
  34. 6.03: Case Study- Marine Fisheries
  35. 6.04: Environmental Valuation
  36. 6.05: Evaluating Projects and Policies
  37. 6.06: Solutions- Property Rights Regulations and Incentive Policies
  38. 07: Modern Environmental Management
  39. 7.01: Modern Environmental Management Chapter Introduction
  40. 7.02: Systems of Waste Management
  41. 7.03: Case Study- Electronic Waste and Extended Producer Responsibility
  42. 7.04: Government and Laws on the Environment
  43. 7.05: Risk Assessment Methodology for Conventional and Alternative Sustainability Options
  44. 08: Sustainable Energy Systems
  45. 8.01: Sustainable Energy Systems - Chapter Introduction
  46. 8.02: Environmental Challenges in Energy Carbon Dioxide Air Water and Land Use
  47. 8.03: Case Study- Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change
  48. 8.04: Energy Sources and Carriers
  49. 8.05: Energy Uses
  50. 8.06: Applications of Phase Change Materials for Sustainable Energy
  51. 09: Problem-Solving Metrics and Tools for Sustainability
  52. 9.01: Problem-Solving, Metrics, and Tools for Sustainability - Chapter Introduction
  53. 9.02: Life Cycle Assessment
  54. 9.03: Derivative Life Cycle Concepts
  55. 9.04: Sustainability and Business
  56. 10: Sustainability - Ethics Culture and History
  57. 10.01: The Human Dimensions of Sustainability- History Culture Ethics
  58. 10.02: Its Not Easy Being Green- Anti-Environmental Discourse Behavior and Ideology
  59. 10.03: The Industrialization of Nature- A Modern History (1500 to the present)
  60. 10.04: Sustainability Studies- A Systems Literacy Approach
  61. 10.05: The Vulnerability of Industrialized Resource Systems- Two Case Studies
  62. 10.06: Case Study- Agriculture and the Global Bee Colony Collapse
  63. 10.07: Case Study- Energy and the BP Oil Disaster
  64. 10.08: Sustainability Ethics
  65. 11: Sustainable Infrastructure
  66. 11.01: Sustainable Infrastructure - Chapter Introduction
  67. 11.02: The Sustainable City
  68. 11.03: Sustainability and Buildings
  69. 11.04: Sustainable Energy Practices - Climate Action Planning
  70. 11.05: Sustainable Transportation- Accessibility, Mobility, and Derived Demand
  71. 11.06: Sustainable Stormwater Management
  72. 11.07: Case Study- A Net-Zero Energy Home in Urbana, Illinois