Part Ⅰ Introduction to Environment 1
Unit 1 Introduction to Environmental Science 1
Reading Material:Environment Goes Global 6
Unit 2 Introduction to Environmental Impact 8
Reading Material:The Three Things That Happen to Pollution 11
Unit 3 Engineering and the Environment 13
Reading Material:The Role of Engineering 17
Unit 4 A Symbiotic Relationship in Environmental Engineering 21
Reading Material:Types of Engineering 25
Part Ⅱ Environment and Environmental Problem 30
Unit 5 Environment—the Human Condition 30
Reading Material:The Greenhouse Problem 33
Unit 6 The Hydrologic Cycle 35
Reading Material:Agricultural Use of Water 39
Unit 7 Ecosystem 41
Reading Material:Food Webs 45
Unit 8 Environmental Problems 46
Reading Material:The Environmental Problem in the Third World 50
Unit 9 The Tragedy of the Commons 51
Reading Material:Early Environmentalism in the U.S 54
Unit 10 Extinction of Species 56
Reading Material:Species and Diversity of Species 59
Unit 11 Productivity in Aquatic Systems 61
Reading Material:Productivity in Aquatic Systems 64
Unit 12 Impurities in Water 66
Reading Material:Industrial Wastes in Water 69
Unit 13 Pollution of Inland Water 71
Reading Material:Pollution of Groundwater 74
Unit 14 The Atmosphere and Air Pollution 76
Reading Material:Sources of Air Pollution 79
Unit 15 Carbon Dioxide and a Changing Climate 82
Reading Material:Acid Rain 85
Unit 16 Noise Pollution 88
Reading Material:How Can Noise Make You Ill? 89
Unit 17 Environmental Degradation and the Law 91
Part Ⅲ Environmental Planning and Management 91
Reading Material:Environmental Policy and Regulation in United States 96
Unit 18 The Environment and Human Health 98
Reading Material:Sources and Potential Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants(1) 104
Unit 19 The Effects of Water Pollution on Human 106
Reading Material:Sources and Potential Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants(2) 109
Unit 20 The Nature of Air Pollution 112
Reading Material:Standards of Air Quality 114
Unit 21 The Effects of Air Pollution on Human 117
Reading Material:The Effects of Air Pollution on Vegetation and Animals,etc 120
Unit 22 Effects of Pesticides Pollution 122
Reading Material:The Nature of Pesticides 124
Unit 23 Land Use and Ecological Impacts 126
Reading Material:Land Use Practices 131
Unit 24 The Purposes of ElA 133
Reading Material:Assessment of Environment—Background and Process 137
Unit 25 The Procedures of EIA 140
Reading Material:The EIA Procedures in the US 143
Unit 26 Cost/Benefit Analysis of Environmental Protections 147
Reading Material:Environmental Economy 150
Unit 27 Legislation in Air Pollution Control 154
Peading Material:Economics,Social Choices and Legal Strategies in Water Pollution Control 157
Unit 28 Sustainable Development 160
Reading Material:Six Steps to a Sustainable Society 163
Unit 29 Wastewater Characteristics and Treatment 167
Part Ⅳ Pollution Control Engineering 167
Reading Material:New Directions and Concerns 171
Unit 30 Chemical Unit Process 174
Reading Material:Physical Unit Operations 177
Unit 31 Biological Wastewater Treatment 179
Reading Material:Types of Biological Processes for Wastewater Treatment 182
Unit 32 Advanced Wastewater Treatment 185
Reading Material:Removal of Some Constituents 189
Unit 33 Water Reuse 191
Reading Material: Wastewater Reuse Applications 194
Unit 34 Sludge Treatment 197
Reading Material:Sludge Composting 202
Unit 35 Introduction to Air Pollution Control 204
Reading Material:Emissions,Transport Receptors 208
Unit 36 Integrated Solid Waste Management 210
Reading Material:Solid Waste Management 214
Unit 37 Radioactive Wastes 218
Reading Material:Radioactive Wastes 221
Unit 38 What is Pollution Prevention? 224
Reading Material:The Pollution Prevention Hierarchy 229
Part Ⅴ Academ ic Writing 231
Unit 39 Introduction to Research Papers 231
Unit 40 Academic Writing:Research Papers 235
Unit 41 The Title and the Bylines 239
Unit 42 The Abstract 243
Unit 43 The Introduction,the Body and the Conclusions 248
Unit 44 The Acknowledgements 255
Unit 45 Documenting Sources 258
Unit 46 Academic Writing:Scientific Reports 268
Unit 47 Application Essays and Personal Statements 273
Unit 48 Grammar and Style:An Editing Checklist 278
Appendix A Instructions on Manuscripts 284
Appendix B Instructions to Contributors 284
Appendix C Information for Contributors 285
Appendix D Notes for the Authors 285
Appendix E Notes for the Guidance of Authors 287
Part Ⅵ Vocabulary 289
Vocabulary 289