| Description |
xviii, 517 pages, A14 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm |
| Series |
Wadsworth biology series |
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Wadsworth biology series.
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| Contents |
1. Environmental Problems and Their Causes -- 2. Cultural Changes, Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability -- 3. Science, Matter, and Energy -- 4. Ecosystems and How They Work -- 5. Ecosystems: What Are the Major Types, and What Can Happen to Them? -- 6. The Human Population -- 7. Environmental Economics and Politics -- 8. Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health -- 9. Air and Air Pollution -- 10. Climate, Global Warming, and Ozone Loss -- 11. Water -- 12. Minerals and Soil -- 13. Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste -- 14. Food Resources -- 15. Protecting Food Resources: Pesticides and Pest Control -- 16. Sustaining Ecosystems: Forests, Rangelands, Parks, and Wilderness -- 17. Sustaining Wild Species -- 18. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- 19. Nonrenewable Energy Resources |
| Notes |
"The Annenberg/CPB collection"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Environmental protection.
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Environmental sciences.
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Human ecology.
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| LC no. |
95042369 |
| ISBN |
053450616X (acid-free paper) |
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