Environmental science : a study of interrelationships

By: Enger, Eldon DContributor(s): Smith, Bradley FMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2004Edition: 9th EditionDescription: xxv, 477 p. : color illustrations, color mapsISBN: 0071214542; 9780071214544Subject(s): Environmental sciencesDDC classification: 363.7
Contents:
Interrelatedness -- Environmental Interrelationships -- Environmental Ethics -- Risk and Cost: Elements of Decision Making -- Ecological Principles and Their Application -- Interrelated Scientific Principles: Matter, Energy, and Environment -- Interactions: Environments and Organisms -- Kinds of Ecosystems and Communities -- Population Principles -- Human Population Issues -- Energy -- Energy and Civilization: Patterns of Consumption -- Energy Sources -- Nuclear Energy: Benefits and Risks -- Human Influences on Ecosystems -- Human Impact on Resources and Ecosystems -- Land-Use Planning -- Soil and Its Uses -- Agricultural Methods and Pest Management -- Water Management -- Pollution and Policy -- Air Quality Issues -- Solid Waste Management and Disposal -- Regulating Hazardous Materials -- Environmental Policy and Decision Making.
Summary: This full-color, introductory environmental science text is known for being concise, conceptual, and value-priced. The approach and reading level cover the basic concepts without overloading students with too much detail. The authors reinforce the text's central theme of "interrelationships" by providing a historical perspective, information on economic and political realities, discuss the role of different social experiences, and integrate this with the crucial science to describe the natural world and how we affect it.
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Previous edition: 2002.
Includes index.

Interrelatedness --
Environmental Interrelationships --
Environmental Ethics --
Risk and Cost: Elements of Decision Making --
Ecological Principles and Their Application --
Interrelated Scientific Principles: Matter, Energy, and Environment --
Interactions: Environments and Organisms --
Kinds of Ecosystems and Communities --
Population Principles --
Human Population Issues --
Energy --
Energy and Civilization: Patterns of Consumption --
Energy Sources --
Nuclear Energy: Benefits and Risks --
Human Influences on Ecosystems --
Human Impact on Resources and Ecosystems --
Land-Use Planning --
Soil and Its Uses --
Agricultural Methods and Pest Management --
Water Management --
Pollution and Policy --
Air Quality Issues --
Solid Waste Management and Disposal --
Regulating Hazardous Materials --
Environmental Policy and Decision Making.

This full-color, introductory environmental science text is known for being concise, conceptual, and value-priced. The approach and reading level cover the basic concepts without overloading students with too much detail. The authors reinforce the text's central theme of "interrelationships" by providing a historical perspective, information on economic and political realities, discuss the role of different social experiences, and integrate this with the crucial science to describe the natural world and how we affect it.

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