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erosion rates, 241 U.S. See United States source reduction, 634
ethanol production, 587f U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 257, waste reduction, 634
Eurasian collared dove, 85 275f campus, 674–675
federal policy, 187–188 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), 314, zero-waste systems, 641f
fossil fuel consumption, 562f 342 waste stream, 628, 628f
geothermal resources, 616f U.S. Forest Service, 156f, 200, 334 waste-to-energy (WTE), 634
GM crops, 281 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 665 wastewater, 427–428
grazing, 250 U.S. Global Change Research Program, 522 wastewater treatment, 432, 433f
Great Lakes, 93–94 U.S. Supreme Court, 186, 188, 198, 528 water, 43. See also specific types of water
happiness, family income vs., 686f use value, 169f animal production, 268f
hazardous waste, 642–643 USDA. See U.S. Department of Agriculture chemistry, 43f, 44–45
human influence on terrestrial ecosystem, 33f USFWS. See U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cycle, 138–139, 138f
mining policy, 664 USGS. See U.S. Geological Survey disputes, 425–426
no-till agriculture in, 245–246 Utah, 55f, 344 distribution of, global, 409f, 414–415
nuclear waste sites, 583f utilitarian value, 154 excess, 415–416
pollutant emissions, 476f, 477f human population distribution, 414–415
population, 214 V international boundaries, 425f
predators, removal of, 101–102 Vaigach, Russia, 116f pesticide contamination of, 386f
primary forest, 329–330, 329f Valenti, Michael, 571 photosynthesis, 50f
public lands, 334f values, 154 pollution moved by, 390f
radon, 494f variables, 29 quality, monitoring, 190f
recovery rates for various materials, 636t Vavrus, Stephen, 515 supply, value, 415
recycled minerals, 666t vectors, 379 toxicant concentrations in, 390
recycling rates, 635–637, 636f vegetarianism, 100 water conservation
regulations, benefits of, 204 vehicle emissions, 486 campus sustainability, 676–677
renewable energy sources, 601f velvet bean (Mucuna deeringiana), 310f market-based approaches to, 424–425
solar energy variance, 612f Vermont, 182 water pollution
temperatures, 514f, 522f vernal pools, 413 freshwater, 426–434
waste generation, 630f vertebrates marine, 450–455
wealth of families, 227f phylogenetic tree, 72f mountaintop removal mining and, 660–661
wildfires, 338f species, 297f oil sands development, 560
wind power, 613f vested interests, 186 water table, 139, 409
wind speed, variable, 615f vicuna (Lama vicugna), 309f water use
Unity College, 682 Virginia Beach, Virginia, 360 agricultural, 423
universalists, 154 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 476f, 477, industrial, 424
University of Arizona, 676–677, 677f 477f residential, 424
University of British Columbia, 677 indoor air pollution, 494–495, 495f waterborne diseases, 426–427
University of California, 679 volcanoes, 58–60, 59f, 60f, 60t waterlogging, 251, 253
University of Central Florida, 681 Mount St. Helens, 108–109 watershed, 123, 411
University of East Anglia, U.K., 524 population separations, 72 Chesapeake Bay, 126f
University of Maine, 678f, 679 Volcanoes National Park, 88 Mississippi River, 408f
University of Maryland, 679 Von Hippel, Frank, 581 wave energy, 618–619
University of Minnesota, Morris, 682 von Saal, Frederick, 381 wealth distribution, 225–226
University of Missouri–Kansas City, 674 wealth gap, 227f
University of Montana, 679, 680 weather, 471
University of Texas at Austin, 675, 680 W air mass interactions and, 471–473
University of Vermont, 678 Wackernagel, Mathis, 22–23, 38 extreme events, 514–515
University of Washington, 681 Wagner, Martin, 419 smog and, 483
Upper Big Branch mine, 656f Waheed, Mohamed, 501 weathering, 237, 237f
upwelling, 442, 443f Walden, Greg, 343 weeds, 272
uranium, 41, 574–575, 575f Wallace, Alfred Russel, 68, 70 GM foods, 281
urban areas Wal-Mart, 174f herbicide resistance, 283f
environmental factors and, 356–357 warm front, 471, 472f no-till agriculture, 246
livable, 360–367 warning coloration, 96f West Africa, 114
parklands, 365–366 Warren Wilson College, 681 West Virginia
spread of, 357–358 Washington, D.C., 113f, 357, 360, 360f forest, 326f
urban ecology, 371–372 watershed, 126f surface impoundment, 656f
in Baltimore, 370–371, 370f, 371f Washington state Western, David, 304–305
in Phoenix, 370–371 Mount St. Helens, 108–109 Western Sahara, 656f
sustainability and, 371–372 organics standards, 276 Western Washington University, 682
urban environment, 353–375 Washington state logging, 191f wetlands, 412–414, 413f, 422–423
urban growth boundary (UGB), 362, 362f Wasser, Samuel, 316 constructed, 432, 434
urban heat island effect, 369, 369f waste, 628 draining, for farming, 256, 256f
urban planning, 360 biodegradable, 427–428 Wetlands Reserve Program, 256
urban population(s) biopower, 585–586 wheat, 234f, 265
industrialization and, 355–356 consumption and, 629–630 White, Helen, 558
urban sustainability, 368–369 industrial solid, 640–642 White House Office of Management INDEX
urbanization, 355–356, 383 radioactive, 582–584 and Budget, 199
environmental factors, 356–357 waste management, 626–647, 628 Whitman, Walt, 156
population trends, 355f aims, 628–629, 628f wicked problems, 31
urbanizing, 355–357 approaches, 628–629 Wilderness Act, 192, 342–343 I-21

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