1. Environmental interrelationships -- Nature of environmental science -- Water connections : social and biological interactions in the management of Keoladeo National Park, India -- Political and economic issues -- The global nature of environmental concerns -- Regional environmental concerns -- The Wilderness North -- Going green : individual decisions matter -- The agricultural Middle -- The dry West -- The forested West -- The Great Lakes and industrial Northeast -- The diverse South -- Campus sustainability initiative : The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education -- Issues & analysis : government regulation and personal property -- 2. Environmental ethics -- Ethics and laws -- Conflicting ethical positions -- Greening of religion -- Three philosophical approaches to environmental ethics -- Campus sustainability initiative : investment responsibility at Duke University -- Environmental attitudes -- Development -- Preservation -- Conservation -- Case study : early philosophers

6. Kinds of ecosystems and communities -- Succession -- Biomes determined by climate -- Precipitation and temperature -- Effect of elevation on climate and vegetation -- Major biomes of the world -- Desert -- Going green : conservation easements -- Temperate grassland -- Campus sustainability initiative : the Blue Oak Ranch Reserve of the University of California: Berkeley -- Savanna -- Mediterranean shrublands (chaparral) -- Tropical dry forest -- Tropical rainforest -- Case study : grassland succession -- Temperate deciduous forest -- Temperate rainforest -- Taiga, northern coniferous forest, or boreal forest -- Tundra -- Aquatic ecosystems -- Marine ecosystems -- Freshwater ecosystems -- Water connections : Varzea forests : where the Amazon River and land meet -- Issues & analysis : ecosystem loss in North America -- 7. Populations : characteristics and issues -- Natality : birthrate -- Mortality : death rate -- Population growth rate -- Sex ratio -- Age distribution -- Population density and spatial dist

11. Biodiversity issues -- Biodiversity loss and extinction -- Genetic diversity -- Species diversity -- Ecosystem diversity -- Biological and ecosystem services values -- Habitat loss -- Water connections : freshwater biodiversity -- Overexploitation -- Introduction of exotic species -- Control of predator and pest organisms -- Climate change -- Campus sustainability initiative : University of Kansas biodiversity partnership -- Legal protection -- Case study : Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report and the Millennium Declaration -- Going green : consumer choices related to biodiversity -- sustainable management of wildlife populations -- Sustainable management of fish populations -- Case study : California condor -- Issues & analysis : the problem of image -- 12. Land-use planning -- Historical forces that shaped land use -- Rural-to-urban shift -- Urbanization in the developing world -- Migration from the central city to the suburbs -- Water connections : waterways and development -- Factors that contribut

16. Air quality issues -- The atmosphere -- Pollution of the atmosphere -- Air pollutants -- Carbon monoxide -- Particulate matter -- Case study : air pollution in Mexico City -- Sulfur dioxide -- Nitrogen dioxide -- Lead -- Volatile organic compounds -- Ground-level ozone and photochemical smog -- Hazardous air pollutants -- Control of air pollution -- The Clean Air Act -- Acid deposition -- Acid precipitation -- Campus sustainability initiative : New York University's co-generation plant -- Effects on terrestrial ecosystems -- Effects on aquatic ecosystems -- Ozone depletion -- Stratospheric ozone -- Global warming and climate change -- Energy efficiency -- Going green : Germany's energy policy -- Role of biomass -- Indoor air pollution -- Weatherizing buildings -- Secondhand smoke -- Water connections : decline in Arctic sea ice -- Radon -- Noise pollution -- Issues & analysis : pollution, policy, and personal choice -- 17. Solid waste management and disposal -- Municipal solid waste -- Going green : garb

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field that includes both scientific and social aspects of human impact on the world. Including mixture of the traditional science, individual and societal values, economic factor and political awareness that are important to solving environmental problems