Environmental Geology Today

Chapter1 How to Approach the Issues in This Book: The Scientific Method, Critical Thinking, and Logical Fallacies
Chapter2 The Language of Environmental Geology: Basic Assumptions and Principles
Chapter3 Human Population Growth
Chapter4 Global Tectonics and Geohazards
Chapter5 Volcanic Hazards
Chapter6 Earthquakes
Chapter7 Water: The Ultimate Resource
Chapter8 Groundwater
Chapter9 Floods: Their Nature, Origin, and Impact
Chapter10 Geohazards from Surface Failure: Mass Wasting and Subsidence
Chapter11 The Coast and Coastal Hazards
Chapter12 Soils and Agriculture
Chapter13 Mineral Resources
Chapter14 Energy and Emissions: Global Trends
Chapter15 Fossil Fuels: Coal
Chapter16 Fossil Fuels: Oil and Natural Gas
Chapter17 Renewable and Alternative Energy
Chapter18 Water Pollution: Today's Challenges
Chapter19 Air Pollution
Chapter20 The Impacts of Global Climate Change
Chapter21 Land Use, Development, and Zoning
Chapter22 Waste Production, Reduction, and Disposal
Chapter23 Geology and Environmental Health
Chapter24 Development, Trade, and Environmental Quality
AppendixI Periodic Table of Elements
AppendixII Classification of Rocks
AppendixIII Geologic Time and the Time Scale
AppendixIV Basic Math and Scientific Notation
AppendixV Population Math Made Easy