Environmental science : earth as a living planet

By: Botkin, Daniel BContributor(s): Keller, Edward AMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1995Description: xxx, 627 p. : color illustrations, color mapsISBN: 0471111619; 9780471111610 Subject(s): Biodiversity | Biological diversity | Environmental sciences | Environmental sciences -- Case studies | Human ecology | Sustainable developmentDDC classification: 363.7
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 4: 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 5: 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.
Summary: 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.
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Annexed Glossary, Index.

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 4: 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 5: 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.

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.

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