Interconnections: Cross-Listed Selections for Chapters in Part One, Concepts and Case Studies
Why Environmental Studies?
Design and Use of This Book
Overture: Nature and Human Perception
Pt. 1. Concepts and Case Studies
2. Species in Danger: Three Case Studies
3. Nuclear Power: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the Future
4. Biotechnology and Genetically Manipulated Organisms: Bt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly
5. Paradox of Sustainable Development
7. War and Peace: Security at Stake
8. Globalization Is Environmental
9. What Is Wilderness and Do We Need It?
10. Urban Environment: Calcutta and Los Angeles
Pt. 2. Foundational Disciplines and Topics
I. Biological Interactions
11. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
17. Ethics, Philosophy, Gender
19. History and the Environment
21. Politics and Public Policy
22. Law and Environmental Justice
26. Conviction and Action.