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Environmental science : a global concern

By: Cunningham, William PContributor(s): Saigo, Barbara WoodworthMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill, ©1997Edition: 4th EditionDescription: xxi, 634 p. : illustrations (some color), color mapsISBN: 0697286711; 9780697286710 Subject(s): Environmental sciences | Environment -- ConservationDDC classification: 363.7

Contents:

Part One: Environmental science and ecological priinciples -- Understanding our environment -- Tools for building a better world -- Matter, energy and life -- Biological communities and species interactions -- Biomes, landscapes, restoration, and management -- Part Two: Population, economics, and environmental health -- Population dynamics -- Human populations -- Environmental resource economics -- Environmental health and toxicology -- Part Three: 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 Four: Physical resources -- The earth and its crustal resources -- Air, climate and water -- Air pollution -- Water use and management -- Water pollution -- Conventional energy -- Sustainable energy -- Part Five: Society and environment -- Solid, toxic and hazardous waste -- Urbanization and sustainable cities -- What then shall we do?

Summary: This revised and updated text examines the issues that surround environmental problems, with an emphasis on a global approach that investigates the environmental issues of countries around the world. Also available to accompany this text are an instructor's manual with test item file, classroom testing software, electronic image bank, study guide, and full colour transparencies.

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Included Glossary, Index.

Part One: Environmental science and ecological priinciples --
Understanding our environment --
Tools for building a better world --
Matter, energy and life --
Biological communities and species interactions --
Biomes, landscapes, restoration, and management --
Part Two: Population, economics, and environmental health --
Population dynamics --
Human populations --
Environmental resource economics --
Environmental health and toxicology --
Part Three: 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 Four: Physical resources --
The earth and its crustal resources --
Air, climate and water --
Air pollution --
Water use and management --
Water pollution --
Conventional energy --
Sustainable energy --
Part Five: Society and environment --
Solid, toxic and hazardous waste --
Urbanization and sustainable cities --
What then shall we do?

This revised and updated text examines the issues that surround environmental problems, with an emphasis on a global approach that investigates the environmental issues of countries around the world. Also available to accompany this text are an instructor's manual with test item file, classroom testing software, electronic image bank, study guide, and full colour transparencies.

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