Table of contents
UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES;
Chapter 1. The Global Environmental Crisis and Sustainable Development;
UNIT 2 ECOSYSTEMS;
Chapter 2. Ecosystems: Basic Concepts;
Chapter 3. Forest, Grassland, and Desert Ecosystems;
Chapter 4. Aquatic Ecosystems;
UNIT 3 RENEWABLE AND NON-RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES;
Chapter 5. Water Resources Chapter 6. Energy Resources;
Chapter 7. Forest Resources;
Chapter 8. Land Resources;
UNIT 4 BIODIVERSITY;
Chapter 9. Introduction to Biodiversity Chapter;
10. Biodiversity Conservation;
UNIT 5 ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION;
Chapter 11. Solid Waste Management;
Chapter 12. Water, Soil, and Marine Pollution;
Chapter 13. Air and Noise Pollution;
UNIT 6 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES;
Chapter 14. Climate Change, Ozone Depletion, and Acid Rain;
Chapter 15. Environmental Laws, Regulations, and Ethics;
UNIT 7 HUMAN COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT;
Chapter 16. Population Growth;
Chapter 17. Environment and Human Health;
Chapter 18. Disaster Management;
Chapter 19. Environment and Sustainable Development;
UNIT 8 PROJECT AND FIELD WORK;
Chapter 20. Project Work;
UNIT 9 CONCLUSION;
Chapter 21. Another World is Possible