| Description |
xxiv, 616 pages : illustrations, color ; 28 cm + 1 folded-out map |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Principles for understanding our environment -- Ch. 1. Understanding our environment -- Ch. 2. Principles of science and systems -- Ch. 3. Matter, energy, and life -- Ch. 4. Evolution, biological communities, and species interactions -- Ch. 5. Biomes: global patterns of life -- Ch. 6. Population biology -- Pt. 2. People in the environment -- Ch. 7. Human populations -- Ch. 8. Environmental health and toxicology -- Ch. 9. Food and hunger -- Ch. 10. Farming: conventional and sustainable practices -- Pt. 3. Understanding and managing living systems -- Ch. 11. Biodiversity: preserving species -- Ch.12. Biodiversity: preserving landscapes -- Ch. 13. Restoration ecology -- Pt. 4. Physical resources and environmental systems -- Ch. 14. Geology and earth resources -- Ch. 15. Air, weather, and climate -- Ch. 16. Air pollution -- Ch. 17. Water use and management -- Ch. 18. Water pollution -- Pt. 5. Issues and policy -- Ch. 19. Conventional energy -- Ch. 20. Sustainable energy -- Ch. 21. Solid, toxic, and hazardous waste -- Ch. 22. Urbanization and sustainable cities -- Ch. 23. Ecological economics -- Ch. 24. Environmental policy, law, and planning -- Ch. 25. What then shall we do? |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Environmental sciences.
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| Author |
Cunningham, Mary Ann.
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| ISBN |
9780070171671 |
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007017167X |
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