Environment

This major anthology is the first to apply a fully interdisciplinary approach to environmental studies. A comprehensive guide to environmental literacy, the book demonstrates how the sciences, social sciences, and humanities all contribute to understanding our interrelationships with the natural world. Though not specialized, "Environment" is a book that even specialists can learn from. Ten innovative case studies - climate shock, species endangerment, nuclear power, biotechnology, sustainable development, deforestation, environmental security, globalization, wilderness, and the urban environment - are followed by readings from specific disciplines. These can be integrated with the case studies to shape individual interests and teaching strategies. The volume presents an imaginative array of texts, from scientific papers to poetry, legal decisions to historical accounts, personal essays to economic analysis. Taken together, these selections provide a balanced, authoritative, and up-to-date treatment of key issues in environmental studies.

ISBN 0300110774   Pages 864 ISBN13 9780300110777 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Yale University Press   Weight (grammes) 1179 Imprint Yale University Press   Published in New Haven Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 29 Feb 2008   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 2007033169   Spine width (mm) 35 DEWEY 333.7   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

		Interconnections: Cross-Listed Selections for Chapters in Part One, Concepts and Case Studies
		Why Environmental Studies?		1
		The Design and Use of This Book		6
		Overture: Nature and Human Perception		9
Pt. 1		Concepts and Case Studies
1		Climate Shock		17
2		Species in Danger: Three Case Studies		50
3		Nuclear Power: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the Future		83
4		Biotechnology and Genetically Manipulated Organisms: Bt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly		117
5		The Paradox of Sustainable Development		138
6		Deforestation		172
7		War and Peace: Security at Stake		213
8		Globalization Is Environmental		248
9		What Is Wilderness and Do We Need It?		280
10		The Urban Environment: Calcutta and Los Angeles		311
Pt. 2		Foundational Disciplines and Topics
I		Biological Interactions
11		Biodiversity and Conservation Biology		362
12		Soil and Agriculture		412
13		Air and Water		449
14		Energy		492
15		Toxicology		531
II		Human Dimensions
16		The Inner Life		560
17		Ethics, Philosophy, Gender		594
18		Poetry		622
19		History and the Environment		649
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"This broad collection captures both the breadth and essence of modern environmental studies. Assembled by four masters in the subject, it pulls together the elements from both the history of the field and its present-day growing edge."--E.O. Wilson, Harvard University Professor Emeritus -- E.O. Wilson

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