Environmental science : Earth as a living planet
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Environmental science : Earth as a living planet
Wiley, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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This introduction to environmental issues contains five integrating themes: the global scope of environmental issues; the importance of urban environments; sustainability; human population; and the ethical and economic basis for making choices about environmental issues. These themes are introduced at the beginning and are referred to throughout. In addition, each chapter begins with a case study illustrating the issues discussed.
Table of Contents
- Part 1: ENVIRONMENT AS AN IDEA: Basic Issues in Environmental Sciences
- Thinking Critically About the Environment
- Part 2: EARTH AS A SYSTEM: Systems and Change
- The Biogeochemical Cycles
- Part 3: LIFE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: The Human Population as an Environmental Problem
- Ecosystems and Eco Communities
- Biological Diversity and Biogeography
- Biological Productivity and Energy Flow
- Restoration and Recovery: How Ecosystems Respond to Disturbance
- Part 5: SUSTAINING LIVING RESOURCES: World Food Supply
- Effects of Agriculture on the Environment
- Wild Living Resources: Plentiful and Endangered
- Landscapes and Seascapes
- Environmental Health and Toxicology
- Part 6: ENERGY: Energy: Some Basics
- Fossil Fuels and the Environment
- Alternative Energy and the Environment
- Nuclear Energy and the Environment
- Part 6: WATER ENVIRONMENT: Water Supply, Use and Management
- Water Pollution and Treatment
- Part 7: AIR POLLUTION: The Atmosphere, Climate and Global Warming
- Air Pollution
- Indoor Air Pollution
- Ozone Depletion
- Part 8: ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY: Environmental Economics
- Urban Environments
- Waste Management
- Minerals and the Environment
- Environmental Impact and Planning
- Integrating Values and Knowledge.
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