"International student edition" -- cover. International student ed. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability -- Environmental history : an overview -- Science, systems, matter, and energy -- Ecosystems : components, energy flow, and matter cycling -- Evolution and biodiversity : origins, niches, and adaptation -- Biogeography : climate, biomes, and terrestrial biodiversity -- Aquatic ecology : biodiversity in aquatic systems -- Community ecology : structure, species interactions, succession, and sustainability -- Population dynamics, carrying capacity, and conservation biology -- Geology : processes, hazards, and soils -- Risk, toxicology, and human health -- The human population : growth, demography, and carrying capacity -- Food resources -- Water resources -- Geologic resources : nonrenewable mineral and energy resources -- Energy efficiency and renewable energy -- Air and air pollution -- Climate change and ozone loss -- Water pollution -- Pesticides and pest control -- Solid and hazardous waste -- Sustaining wild species -- Sustaining terrestrial biodiversity : the ecosystem approach -- Sustaining aquatic biodiversity -- Sustainable cities : urban land use and management -- Economics, environment, and sustainability -- Politics, environment, and sustainability -- Environmental worldviews, ethics, and sustainability. With accompanying CD-ROM, entitled: Interactive concepts in environmental science.