Environmental science : a global concern
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Environmental science : a global concern
WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1999
5th ed
- : US
- : Intl ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [593]-609) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: Intl ed ISBN 9780071156813
Description
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.
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: US ISBN 9780697360236
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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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