Environmental science : a global concern

著者

    • Cunningham, William P.
    • Saigo, Barbara Woodworth

書誌事項

Environmental science : a global concern

William P. Cunningham, Barbara Woodworth Saigo

WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1999

5th ed

  • : US
  • : Intl ed

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [593]-609) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: Intl ed ISBN 9780071156813

内容説明

Introducing students to environmental science without any prerequisites, this text has a strong global emphasis and recognizes that the world is a unified biosphere that doesn't adhere to artificial (political) boundaries. Topics covered include the Greenhouse Effect, the Clean Air Act and El Nino.
巻冊次

: US ISBN 9780697360236

内容説明

This edition introduces students to environmental science without any prerequisites of knowledge. It has a global emphasis, and features updated information on El Nino, the Greenhouse Effect, the Clean Air Act, the chemistry involved in air pollution, and sewage treatment.

目次

  • Part I Environmental science and ecological principles: understanding our environment
  • tools for building a better world
  • matter, energy and life
  • biological communities and species interactions
  • biomes, landscapes, restoration and management. Part II Population, economics and environmental health: human populations
  • environmental resource economics
  • environment health and toxicology. Part III Food, land and biological resources: food, hunger and nutrition
  • soil resources and sustainable agriculture
  • pest control
  • biodiversity
  • land use - forests and rangelands
  • preserving nature. Part IV Physical resources: the Earth and its crustal resources
  • air, climate and weather
  • air pollution
  • water use and management
  • water pollution
  • conventional energy
  • sustainable energy. Part V Society and the environment: solid, toxic and hazardous waste
  • urbanization and sustainable cities
  • what then shall we do?.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA39920033
  • ISBN
    • 0697360237
    • 007115681X
  • LCCN
    97048876
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Boston
  • ページ数/冊数
    xxii, 650 p.
  • 大きさ
    29 cm
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