PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY Chapter 1: Philosophy and Fundamental Concepts Chapter 2:  Earth Materials and Process Chapter 3: Soils and Environment Chapter 4: Geology and Ecosystems PART TWO: HAZARDOUS EARTH PROCESSES Chapter 5: Introduction to Natural Hazards Chapter 6: Rivers and Flooding Chapter 7: Landslides and Related Phenomena Chapter 8: Earthquakes and Related Phenomena Chapter 9: Volcanic Activity Chapter 10: Coastal Hazards: Coastal Erosion and Hurricanes Chapter 11: Impact of Extraterrestrial Objects PART THREE: RESOURCES AND POLLUTION Chapter 12: Water Resources Chapter 13: Water Pollution Chapter 14: Mineral Resources and Environment Chapter 15: Energy and Environment PART FOUR: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND SOCIETY Chapter 16: Global Climate Change Chapter 17: Geology and Society

• The “Fundamental Concepts” of Environmental Geology are introduced in Chapter 1—including Population Growth, Sustainability, Systems, Limitation of Resources, Uniformitarianism, Hazardous Earth Process, and Geology as a Basic Environmental Science. This chapter provides an easily understandable framework that will help students understand and evaluate the philosophical and technical material presented in the text and course. • Engaging case histories open each chapter and appear throughout, introducing students to the chapter topic in context—sometimes humorous (the gold and silver mines of Palo Alto, CA), sometimes tragic (Mt. Unzen, Japan), always relevant—before tackling the details. Also, in-chapter case histories bring the material to life through global examples, stories, and events. • E xtensive lists of primary sources appear in each chapter, encouraging students to explore the literature further through the scrupulously kept, comprehensive, current, and authoritative list of references. • The Companion Website includes: —Interactive animations with GradeTracker assessment questions —new flashcards that can be exported to selected mobile devices —quizzes —preloaded content such as easy-to-use chapter guides, self-study quizzes, animations with quizzes, case studies, interactive flashcards and more. • The Instructor Resource Center offers everything instructors need, where they want it. The Instructor Resource Center helps instructors be more effective by saving them time and effort. All digital resources can be found in one well-organized, easy-to-access place, including all of the line art and most of the photos from the text to help with lecture presentations.

• A new chapter on ecosystems and geology (Chapter 4) discusses the link to geology to ecology.   • A new chapter examines the impact of exterritorial objects that have been linked to global environment and mass extinctions (Chapter 11). • New quantitative exercises on rock mechanics, soil mechanics, average residence time, groundwater movement, and exponential growth are included. •  The chapter on Global Climate change (Chapter 16) is completely revised. •  Completely revised discussion of glaciers in Chapter 2 includes updated coverage of ice sheets. • Stronger emphasis is placed on the engineering geology approach—with more quantification of relationships, especially in the discussion of soil and rock mechanics and landslides. • The hazards chapter is significantly updated, especially the coverage of earthquakes, landslides, flooding, and coastal processes. • The chapters on Air Pollution, Environmental Health and Waste Management (formerly 12,13, and17) have been combined into a new chapter 17. • The text has been streamlined, with the amount of chapters reduced from 18 to 17.   • Thorough revision of the entire text includes approximately 25% new references.