| Description |
1 online resource : colour illustrations. |
| Current Frequency |
Updated irregularly. |
| Description |
data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Open textbook library
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Open Textbook Library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction to sustainability: humanity and the environment -- 2. The evolution of environmental policy in the United States -- 3. Climate and global change -- 4. Biosphere -- 5. Physical resources: water, pollution, and minerals -- 6. Environmental and resource economics -- 7. Modern environmental management -- 8. Sustainable energy systems -- 9. Problem-solving, metrics, and tools for sustainability -- 10. Sustainability: ethics, culture, and history -- 11. Sustainable infrastructure. |
| Summary |
"With "Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation", first and second-year college students are introduced to this expanding new field, comprehensively exploring the essential concepts from every branch of knowledge -- including engineering and the applied arts, natural and social sciences, and the humanities. As sustainability is a multi-disciplinary area of study, the text is the product of multiple authors drawn from the diverse faculty of the University of Illinois: each chapter is written by a recognized expert in the field. This text is designed to introduce the reader to the essential concepts of sustainability. This subject is of vital importance seeking as it does to uncover the principles of the long-term welfare of all the peoples of the planet but is only peripherally served by existing college textbooks."--Open Textbook Library. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Local Note |
Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Textbooks |
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Open Textbook Library |
| Subject |
Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development. |
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Environmental policy -- United States.
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Environmental policy. |
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United States. |
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Environmental protection -- United States.
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Environmental protection. |
| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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Textbooks.
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| Added Author |
Theis, Tom, editor.
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Tomkin, Jonathan, editor.
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