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Environmental Science Course Policies You from? Seminar, free discussion. Contact me A. Prof. Wang Xiuheng Room 1427, School of Municipal Environmental engineering Tel:Textbook Environmental Science, A Study of Interrelationships (9th edition) the McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., ? 2004. Tsinghua University Press Chinese references 环境学基础，鞠美庭编，化学工业出版社 Course Outline 14 Lectures and 3 discussions Part I: Ecological principles and their application, Human influences on ecosystems Part II : Energy and Environment Part III: pollution control Assessment Attendance and discussion, 30% Final exam, in English, open-book, 70% Multiple choice Review questions in books selected readings analysis The task of Env. Science World Env.Problem Land Crisis Water Crisis Forest Crisis Biodiversity Crisis Mineral Resource Crisis Climate Change Land Crisis ——Urbanization 1.59mu/per, uneven, danger line 0.8 10%, 17.92%, 30.09 (year 1949, 78, 99) Developing zone, new house, university Land Crisis ——Desertification Quality quantity Water crisis Acid rain 1950’ begain in Europe 1980’ in China Accelerate ? Green House Effect and Climate Change 2006-2007 temperature increase 1.6℃ Ozone Depletion Are we managing our environment sustainably? The principle of ecologically sustainable development: – development that meets the needs of the current generation without undermining the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. what is sustainable? What are the environmental science concepts and tools that we need? – What do we know already? – Where are the gaps in current knowledge? How can we improve current practices? Environment In a broad sense, the “environment” is everything that affects an organism during its lifetime. Ecosystem -Region in which the organisms and the physical environment form an interacting unit. Environmental Science An inter-disciplinary study includes both applied and theoretical knowledge Characteristic of Env. Problem env. problems