Resources, Environment and Sustainable Development

Author: IWU JUN
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Publish Date: 2001-02-01
Features: "Resources, Environment, and Sustainable Development" is a textbook funded as a key project by Fuzhou University in 2000, one of the research achievements of the Fujian Provincial Higher Education Social Science Research Project "21st Century Curriculum System Construction for Environmental Engineering." The book is divided into 11 chapters:
1. Major Issues in the Current World Economic Development
2. Global Environmental Problems and the Basic Environmental Situation in China
3. Cherish Our Life System—Water Resources
4. Protect Our Mother—Land Resources
5. Care for the Lungs of the Earth—Forest Resources
6. Maintain the Earth's Life Support System—Biodiversity Loss and Protection
7. The Driving Force of Human Civilizational Development—Energy Resources
8. Air Pollution and Global Atmospheric Environmental Problems
9. Marine Environmental Pollution and Protection
10. Waste Pollution and Transboundary Transfer Issues
11. Sustainable Development Strategy.
The book focuses on the development and utilization of five major types of resources, introducing current global environmental issues and China's environmental resource status and prevention and treatment strategies. It also provides a detailed explanation of the basic theories of sustainable development. For ease of learning and reference, each chapter includes review questions, and an appendix contains selected excerpts from important international and domestic environmental documents.
This book can serve as a teaching material for environmental majors in higher education institutions, as well as for non-environmental majors and professionals engaged in environmental protection. The book covers a broad range of knowledge and strives for clarity in editing, emphasizing the following aspects:
1. Introducing related environmental issues from the perspective of the irrational development and utilization of resources as a major cause of environmental problems, achieving a combination of resources and the environment.
2. Considering the basic types of environmental problems, introducing both ecological environmental issues and discussing pollution problems, achieving a combination of macro and micro perspectives.
3. Addressing the present while looking to the future, introducing global environmental problems and especially the current environmental situation in China, while providing a detailed explanation of the basic theories and key issues of sustainable development. These points are also the distinctive features of the book.