"The chapter on Human Populations in Cunningham's Principles of Environmental Science is probably the best presentation of human population growth and its effect on the environment I have seen. I really liked the spreadsheet problems and the selection of data sets that were used in this chapter." -Michael Ross, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University "Principles of Environmental Science by Cunningham and Cunningham is the best environmental text I have seen to date. The text's greatest strengths are its focus on science and the comprehensive background information on natural systems. Very few environmental texts provide sufficient background material. It's just an awesome text. The authors have done a great job and are to be congratulated." -Chris Fox, Community College of Baltimore City "I have found this book to be put together extremely well. I think it will be a good text to teach from and will lend itself to many interactive classroom discussions and learning opportunities." -John A. Tiedemann, Monmouth University "The content in Chapter 10 [Water: Resources and Pollution] is a different presentation of these topics. Most other texts divide this material into multiple chapters, but I thought the chapter was quite thorough even though it covers a large array of topics. The chapter included some topics that are not covered at all in other textbooks; e.g., different dam examples, toxic tides, acids and bases, and the section 'Problems and Progress." -Royal Berglee, Central Michigan University. "I love the Greg Brown quote [in Chapter 13, Solid and Hazardous Waste]! This is a good overview of the waste management industry. Being in the business as an environmental educator, I find this coverage to be very complete." -Rachel Daack Riley, Loras College "After reading this [Chapter 1, Understanding Our Environment], I skimmed several other environmental science textbooks to get a fair comparison, and found myself agreeing with my first assessment--that this is the best introduction [to environmental science] I have read. The authors' explanation of scienc--how we work and our limitations--are especially lucid and succinct." -Penelope M. Koines, University of Maryland | 
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