Environmental Change and Challenge: A Canadian Perspective

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Features
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
PART A: Introduction
	1: Environment, Resources, and Society
		Introduction: Change and Challenge
		Case Study: Trans Mountain Pipeline
		Wicked Problems
		The Global Picture
		Defining Environment and Resources
		Three Waves Regarding Approaches to Environmental Management
		Alternative Approaches to Understanding Complex Natural and Socio-economic Systems
		Science-Based Management of Resources and Environment
		Sustainable Development and Resilience
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	2: Responding to Global  Environmental Change
		Introduction
		Global Perspectives
		National Perspectives
		Corporate Perspectives
		Educational Perspectives
		Personal Perspectives
		Measuring Progress
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
PART B: The Ecosphere
	3: Energy Flows and Ecosystems
		Introduction
		Energy
		Energy Flows in Ecological Systems
		Ecosystem Structure
		Biodiversity
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	4: Ecosystems Are Dynamic
		Introduction
		Ecological Succession
		Changing Ecosystems
		Population Growth
		Evolution, Speciation, and Extinction
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	5: Ecosystems and Matter Cycling
		Introduction
		Matter
		Biogeochemical Cycles
		The Hydrological Cycle
		Biogeochemical Cycles and Human Activity
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
PART C: Planning and Management: Perspectives, Processes, and Methods
	6: Planning and Management Perspectives
		Introduction
		Planning and Management Components
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	7: Planning and Management:  Processes and Methods
		Introduction
		Collaboration and Coordination
		Stakeholders and Participatory Approaches
		SLAPPs: Strategic Lawsuit/Litigation against Public Participation
		Communication
		Adaptive Management
		Impact and Risk Assessment
		Dispute Resolution
		Regional and Land Use Planning
		Implementation Barriers
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
PART D: Resource and Environmental Management in Canada
	8: Climate Change
		Introduction
		Nature of Climate Change
		Scientific Evidence Related to Climate Change
		Modelling Climate Change
		Implications of Climate Change in Canada
		Communicating Climate Change
		Responding to Climate Change
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	9: Oceans and Fisheries
		Introduction
		Oceanic Ecosystems
		Ocean Management Challenges
		Global Responses
		Canada’s Oceans and Fisheries
		Indigenous Use of Marine Resources
		Some Canadian Responses
		Aquaculture
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	10: Forests
		Introduction
		An Overview of Canada’s Forests
		Forest Management Practices
		Environmental and Social Impacts of Forest Management Practices
		Ecological Forestry
		Indigenous Forestry Management
		Global Forest Strategies
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	11: Agriculture
		Introduction
		Agriculture as an Ecological Process
		Agriculture and Climate Change
		Modern Farming Systems in the Industrialized World
		Environmental Challenges for Canadian Agriculture
		Sustainable Food Production Systems
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	12: Water
		Introduction
		Human Interventions in the Hydrological Cycle: Water Diversions
		Water Quality
		Water Security: Protecting Quantity and Quality
		Water as Hazard
		Heritage Rivers
		Integrated Water Resource Management
		Water Ethics
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	13: Minerals and Energy
		Introduction
		Framing Issues and Questions
		Non-renewable Resources in Canada: Basic Information
		Potash and Coal
		Development of Diamond Mines in Canada
		The Ekati Mine, NWT
		Managing Change and Conflict
		Energy Resources
		Monitoring Environmental Impacts of Mining
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	14: Urban Environmental Management
		Introduction
		Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development
		Environmental Issues and Sustainability Responses in Cities
		Vancouver: Greenest City 2020
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	15: Endangered Species and Protected Areas
		Introduction
		Valuing Biodiversity
		Main Pressures Causing Extinction
		Vulnerability to Extinction
		Responses to the Loss of Biodiversity
		Protected Areas
		Implications
		Summary
		Key Terms
		Questions for Review and Critical Thinking
		Related Websites
	16: Epilogue: The Sustainability Revolution
		Key Terms
		Related Websites
Glossary
References
Index