本书为影印教材,其原版教材广泛应用于世界各地。本书以“可持续性”为主线阐述了人类及其活动与环境的关系。全书包含6个部分的内容。**部分介绍人类与可持续发展的关系;第二部分介绍相关的科学原理和理念;第三部分为人口、资源与可持续性的关系;第四部分主要阐述环境质量与环境问题,包括大气污染、气候变化、臭氧层破坏、水污染、农药与害虫**、固体及危险废物;第五部分阐述保护生物多样性及城市发展等问题;第六部分为环境与社会。全书资料极为丰富、数据新,并配以生动、形象、有趣的插图,深受广大读者喜爱,以致于该书连续再版,至今已达到13版。本书配有光盘1张,利用彩色的图表和动画生动地表现了教材中重要的知识点。
此外,为便于教师教学,该书另配有电子教案、习题库;为便于学生进一步掌握相关的知识,网上设有学习指南、在线测试等教学辅助栏目。
本书可作为大学生环境教育教材,也可作为环境类专业学生专业英语教材。

PARTⅠ HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY:AN OVERVIES
1 Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability
2 Environmental History: An Overview
PARTⅡ SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS
3 Science, Systems, Matter, and Energy
4 Ecosystems: Components, Energy Flow, and Matter Cycling
5 Evolution and Biodversity: Origins Niches
6 Biogeograrphy: Weather, Climate, Biomes, and Terestrial Biodiversity
7 Aquatic Ecology: Biodiversity in Aquatic Systems
8 Community Ecology: Structure, Species Interactions, Succession, and Sustainability
9 Populaion Dynamics, Carrying Capacity, and Conservation Biology
10 Geology: Proceses, Hazards, and Soils
11 Risk ,Toxicology,a nd Human Health
PARTⅢ POPULATION, ERSOURCES, AND SUSTAINABILITY
12 The Human Population: Growth, Demography, and Carrying Capacity
13 Food Resources
14 Water Resources
15 Geologic Resources: Nonrenwabole Mineral and Energy Resources
16 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
PARTⅣ ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND POLLUTION
17 Air and Air Pollution
18 Climate Change and Ozone Loss
19 Water Pollution
20 Pesticides and Pest Control
21 Sokid and hazardous Waste
PARTⅤ SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY AND CITIES
22 Solid and hazardous Waste
23 Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach
24 Sustaining Aquatic Bildiversity
25 Sustainable Cities: Urban land Use and management
PARTⅥ ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY
26 Economices, Environment, and Sustainability
27 Politics, Environment, and Sustainability
28 Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability
Appendices
Glossary
Index