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Sustainability : an environmental science perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ayers, John C. (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
Subjects:
Sustainability.
Global environmental change.
Environmental responsibility.
Conservation of natural resources.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Sustainability and human well-being
  • The environmental imPACT
  • Risk, resilience, and system dynamics
  • Sustainable development : how to avoid collapse and build a better society
  • Nonrenewable resources : oil and minerals
  • Global climate change
  • Responses to global climate change
  • Nonrenewable energy sources
  • Renewable energy sources
  • Sustainable energy plans
  • Water
  • Food
  • Waste and pollution
  • The biosphere
  • The future.