Cunningham-Saigo/Environmental Science - Changes to the Fifth Edition

As demanded by the environmental science market, currency is a critical goal. To meet these expectations, the fifth edition of Environmental Science, A Global Concern has made the following important changes/additions:

Thorough updating for currency and accuracy-in the text, and in tables, graphs, charts, and figures. (Over 60 new figures due to updated data.)
Seventeen new boxes (In-Depth, Critical Thinking, Case Studies, and/or Introductory Essays).
Chapter 8 (Ecological Economics) has been totally rewritten.
New Feature: "What Can I Do?" boxes will focus on doable steps an individual can take to make a difference ecologically and environmentally in today's world.
Important textual changes:
- Chapter 1
  - New Table: Average Indicators of Quality of Life for the Ten Richest and Poorest Nations
  - New Introductory Essay: Deformed Frogs
- Chapter 2
  - New information on modernism and post-modernism
  - New "What Do You Think?" box: Worldviews and Values
- Chapter 3
  - New information on the nitrogen cycle
- Chapter 4
  - New content on Defense mechanisms
- Chapter 6
  - Updated information on moose populations in Isle Royale, and new data on human mortality curves
- Chapter 7
  - New Introductory Essay: The Saga of Easter Island
  - New Table: Twelve Most Populous Countries in 2025
  - New Case Study: Family Planning in Thailand
- Chapter 8
  - Chapter is completely rewritten
  - New Introductory Essay: The Costs of Progress
  - New "What Do You Think?" box: Market-Based Incentives for Environmental Protection
  - New Table: Important Ecological Services
  - New Table: Goals for Sustainable Natural Resource Use
  - New Table: Goals for Sustainable Development
- Chapter 9
  - New information on infectious organisms
  - New "What Do You Think?" box: Electromagnetic Fields and Your Health
  - New Table: Estimates of Some Major Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
  - New Table: National Health Recommendations and Diet Goals
  - New "In-Depth" box: Iringa Nutrition Program
- Chapter 10
  - New content on fish/seafood
  - New Table: Sources of Crop Production Increases 1980-2010
- Chapter 11
  - Updated information on crop origins
- Chapter 12
  - New data on crop erosion, and on pesticides and risk assessment
  - New Case Study: Organic Farming in Cuba
  - New Case Study: Regenerative Agriculture in Iowa
- Chapter 13
  - New material on elephant conservation, the "whirling" disease in trout populations, and The Endangered Species Act.
- Chapter 14
  - New Case Study: Forestry for the Seventh Generation
- Chapter 15
  - New "In-Depth" box: Zimbabwe's CAMPFIRE Program
- Chapter 16
  - New Case Study: Mining a Tropical Paradise
- Chapter 17
  - Lots of new information on El Nino, and the Greenhouse Effect
- Chapter 18
  - Updated/corrected material on the chemistry involved in air pollution, and the Clean Air Act
  - New Introductory Essay: Killer Smog
- Chapter 20
  - New and corrected information on sewage treatment
  - New "In-Depth" box: Water Remediation
- Chapter 21
  - New information on nuclear power
- Chapter 22
  - Updated material on solar, wind, and other forms of energy
- Chapter 23
  - New information on Superfund sites and brownfields
- Chapter 24
  - New content on urban design for open spaces
  - New "What Do You Think?" box: People for Community Recovery
- Chapter 25
  - New information on International Environmental Treaties and Conventions
  - New Introductory Essay: Environmental Justice for Ogoniland
All the Internet Addresses in the textbook have been updated, and over 200 new URLs have been added. Updates and changes to the text URLs can be accessed on this web site, so students will always have the most recent information available on Internet resources.
The Goode's projection world map in the front matter has been moved to the front end sheets to make it easier and quicker to find for students.
New ancillaries:
- A. NetQuest: Exploring Environmental Science (on web site).
- B. New web site with new, exciting features, including an interactive global map with current case studies.
- C. Visual Resource Library

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