Table of contents

Part VI. Water:

17. The hydrologic cycle

18. The annual hydrograph and water use

19. Managing and mitigating the hydrologic system

Part VII. Agriculture:

20. Food groups and nutrition

21. Agriculture and the green revolution

22. Future agriculture production and distribution

Part VIII. Energy:

23. Energy sources, the energy cycle, exergy

24. Conserving energy and renewable energy

25. Future energy: reducing fossil fuel use

Part IX. Minerals:

26. Rocks and mineral properties, mining

27. Rocks and minerals: production, use, and distribution

Part X. Forests:

28. Forests, ecosystem services, and timber

29. Forest distribution, area, and volume changes

30. Silviculture, forest degradation, and landscape management

Part XI. Perspective:

31. Integrating the environment, resources, and people

Preface

Part I. Introduction, Dynamic Systems, and Change:

1. Socio-environmental systems

2. A perspective on dynamic systems

3. Change, sustainability, and resilience

Part II. People:

4. Where people live, communicate, and interact

5. People, societies, populations, and changes

6. Resources, governments, and other social influences

Part III. Climates:

7. Global distribution of climates

8. Greenhouse gases, atmosphere, and climates

9. Past and future climate changes

Part IV. Landforms:

10. Landforms and soils

11. Bedrock landforms

12. Landforms of transported materials

Part V. Biodiversity:

13. Biodiversity: individual species

14. Biodiversity: communities and landscapes

15. Robust and threatened species, communities

16. Managing biodiversity