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Environmental studies / edited by Thomas A. Easton.

Contributor(s): Easton, Thomas A.
Series: Classic edition sources: Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2009Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xxi, 228 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9780073527581 (pbk.); 0073527580 (pbk.).Other title: Classic edition sources : environmental studies [Spine title] | Sources : environmental studies.Subject(s): Environmental sciences | Environmental policy | Environmental engineeringDDC classification: 363.7
Contents:
ch. 1: Preservation vs. conservation. 1. from Man and nature / George Perkins Marsh -- 2. from The mountains of California / John Muir -- 3. from The fight for conservation / Gifford Pinchot -- 4. from A Sand County almanac, and sketches here and there / Aldo Leopold -- ch. 2: Fundamental causes of environmental problems. 5. from "Prehistoric overkill," in Quaternary extinctions : a prehistoric revolution / Paul S. Martin -- 6. from "The historical roots of our ecological crisis," Science / Lynn White, Jr. -- 7. from "The tragedy of the commons," Science / Garrett Hardin -- 8. from The limits to growth : the 30-year update / Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows -- ch. 3: Ecosystems and ecosystem services. 9. from "Human domination of Earth's ecosystems," Science / Peter M. Vitousek, Harold A. Mooney, Jerry M. Melillo -- 10. from Life and death of the salt marsh / John Teal, Mildred Teal -- 11. from "Will Hurricane Katrina impact shoreline management?" Journal of coastal research / Orrin H. Pilkey, Robert S. Young -- 12. Millennium ecosystem assessment, 2005, from Ecosystems and human well-being -- ch. 4: Energy and ecosystems. 13. from "The annual energy budget of an inland lake," Ecology / Chancey Juday -- 14. from Energy and the environment / John M. Fowler -- ch. 5: Renewable and nonrenewable energy. 15. from "More profit with less carbon," Scientific American / Amory B. Lovins -- 16. from "Reinventing the energy system," in Lester R. Brown et al., State of the world 1999 : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society / Christopher Flavin, Seth Dunn -- ch. 6: Forests, wilderness, and wildlife. 17. from Sierra Club v. Morton / William O. Douglas -- 18. from Uncommon ground : toward reinventing nature / William Cronon -- ch. 7: Biodiversity. 19. from "The current state of biological diversity," in E.O. Wilson, ed., Biodiversity / E.O. Wilson -- 20. from "Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services," Science / Boris Worm, et al. -- 21. from "Rethinking rain forests : biodiversity and social justice," Food First backgrounder / John Vandermeer, Ivette Perfecto -- ch. 8: Pollution. 22. from Fumifugium : Or the inconvenience of the aer and smoake of London dissipated / John Evelyn -- 23. from "Controversy at Love Canal," Hastings Center report / Beverly Paigen -- 24. from "Restoring rivers," Issues in science & technology / Margaret A. Palmer, J. David Allen -- ch. 9: Global warming and ozone depletion. 25. from Ozone diplomacy : new directions in safeguarding the planet / Richard Elliot Benedick -- 26. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, from Climate change 2007 : the physical science basis -- ch. 10: Food. 27. from The unsettling of America : culture and agriculture / Wendell Berry -- 28. from "Food scarcity : an environmental wakeup call," The futurist / Lester Brown -- 29. from "Environmental, energetic, and economic comparisons of organic and conventional farming systems," Bioscience / David Pimentel, et al. -- ch.11: Chemicals. 30. from The pesticide conspiracy / Robert van den Bosch -- 31. from Living downstream : an ecologist looks at cancer and the environment / Sandra Steingraber -- 32. from Our stolen future / Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson Myers -- ch. 12: Political and economic issues. 33. from "At the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima or Why political questions are not all economic," Arizona law review / Mark Sagoff -- 34. from "Environmental justice for all," Crisis (The new) / Robert D. Bullard -- 35. from "Putting a value on nature's 'free' services," World watch / Janet N. Abramovitz -- ch. 13: Population control controversies. 36. from "The population explosion : why we should care and what we should do about it," Environmental law / Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich -- 37. from Reproductive rights and wrongs : the global politics of population control, rev. ed. / Betsy Hartmann -- 38. from How many people can the Earth support? / Joel E. Cohen -- ch. 14: Environmental ethics and worldviews. 39. from Our common future / World Commission on Environment and Development -- 40. from "The ethics of respect for nature," Environmental ethics / Paul W. Taylor -- 41. from "Women's indigenous knowledge and biodiversity conservation," in Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva, Ecofeminism / Vandana Shiva -- 42. from Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed / Jared Diamond.
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Floor 4, Shelf Transit , Side 2, TierNo 6, BayNo 4

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Previous editions (1997, 2000), with the title Sources : notable selections in environmental studies, were edited by Theodore D. Goldfarb.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1: Preservation vs. conservation. 1. from Man and nature / George Perkins Marsh -- 2. from The mountains of California / John Muir -- 3. from The fight for conservation / Gifford Pinchot -- 4. from A Sand County almanac, and sketches here and there / Aldo Leopold -- ch. 2: Fundamental causes of environmental problems. 5. from "Prehistoric overkill," in Quaternary extinctions : a prehistoric revolution / Paul S. Martin -- 6. from "The historical roots of our ecological crisis," Science / Lynn White, Jr. -- 7. from "The tragedy of the commons," Science / Garrett Hardin -- 8. from The limits to growth : the 30-year update / Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows -- ch. 3: Ecosystems and ecosystem services. 9. from "Human domination of Earth's ecosystems," Science / Peter M. Vitousek, Harold A. Mooney, Jerry M. Melillo -- 10. from Life and death of the salt marsh / John Teal, Mildred Teal -- 11. from "Will Hurricane Katrina impact shoreline management?" Journal of coastal research / Orrin H. Pilkey, Robert S. Young -- 12. Millennium ecosystem assessment, 2005, from Ecosystems and human well-being -- ch. 4: Energy and ecosystems. 13. from "The annual energy budget of an inland lake," Ecology / Chancey Juday -- 14. from Energy and the environment / John M. Fowler -- ch. 5: Renewable and nonrenewable energy. 15. from "More profit with less carbon," Scientific American / Amory B. Lovins -- 16. from "Reinventing the energy system," in Lester R. Brown et al., State of the world 1999 : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society / Christopher Flavin, Seth Dunn -- ch. 6: Forests, wilderness, and wildlife. 17. from Sierra Club v. Morton / William O. Douglas -- 18. from Uncommon ground : toward reinventing nature / William Cronon -- ch. 7: Biodiversity. 19. from "The current state of biological diversity," in E.O. Wilson, ed., Biodiversity / E.O. Wilson -- 20. from "Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services," Science / Boris Worm, et al. -- 21. from "Rethinking rain forests : biodiversity and social justice," Food First backgrounder / John Vandermeer, Ivette Perfecto -- ch. 8: Pollution. 22. from Fumifugium : Or the inconvenience of the aer and smoake of London dissipated / John Evelyn -- 23. from "Controversy at Love Canal," Hastings Center report / Beverly Paigen -- 24. from "Restoring rivers," Issues in science & technology / Margaret A. Palmer, J. David Allen -- ch. 9: Global warming and ozone depletion. 25. from Ozone diplomacy : new directions in safeguarding the planet / Richard Elliot Benedick -- 26. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, from Climate change 2007 : the physical science basis -- ch. 10: Food. 27. from The unsettling of America : culture and agriculture / Wendell Berry -- 28. from "Food scarcity : an environmental wakeup call," The futurist / Lester Brown -- 29. from "Environmental, energetic, and economic comparisons of organic and conventional farming systems," Bioscience / David Pimentel, et al. -- ch.11: Chemicals. 30. from The pesticide conspiracy / Robert van den Bosch -- 31. from Living downstream : an ecologist looks at cancer and the environment / Sandra Steingraber -- 32. from Our stolen future / Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson Myers -- ch. 12: Political and economic issues. 33. from "At the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima or Why political questions are not all economic," Arizona law review / Mark Sagoff -- 34. from "Environmental justice for all," Crisis (The new) / Robert D. Bullard -- 35. from "Putting a value on nature's 'free' services," World watch / Janet N. Abramovitz -- ch. 13: Population control controversies. 36. from "The population explosion : why we should care and what we should do about it," Environmental law / Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich -- 37. from Reproductive rights and wrongs : the global politics of population control, rev. ed. / Betsy Hartmann -- 38. from How many people can the Earth support? / Joel E. Cohen -- ch. 14: Environmental ethics and worldviews. 39. from Our common future / World Commission on Environment and Development -- 40. from "The ethics of respect for nature," Environmental ethics / Paul W. Taylor -- 41. from "Women's indigenous knowledge and biodiversity conservation," in Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva, Ecofeminism / Vandana Shiva -- 42. from Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed / Jared Diamond.