| Description |
xxxii, 649 pages, 52 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color maps, color portraits ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Environment As An Idea. -- Basic Issues in Environmental Sciences. -- Thinking Critically About the Environment. -- Earth As A System. -- Systems and Change. -- The Biogeochemical Cycles. -- Life And The Environment. -- The Human Population As An Environmental Problem. -- Ecosystems and Ecological Communities. -- Biological Diversity and Biogeography. -- Biological Productivity and Energy Flow. -- Succession and Restoration: How Ecosystems Respond to Disturbance. -- 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. -- Energy. -- Energy: Some Basics. -- Fossil Fuels and the Environment. -- Alternative Energy and the Environment. -- Nuclear Energy and the Environment. -- Water Environment. -- Water Supply, Use, and Management. -- Water Pollution and Treatment. -- Air Environment. -- The Atmosphere, Climate, and Global Warming. -- Air Pollution. -- Indoor Air Pollution. -- Ozone Depletion. -- Environment And Society. -- Environmental Economics. -- Urban Environments. -- Waste Management. -- Minerals and the Environment. -- Environmental Impact and Planning. -- Integrating Values and Knowledge. -- Appendices. -- Glossary. -- Notes. -- Photo Credits. -- Index |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1998 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
Environmental sciences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605459
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| Subject |
Biodiversity.
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Environmental sciences -- Case studies.
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Environmental sciences.
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Human ecology.
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Sustainable development.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Keller, Edward A., 1942-
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| LC no. |
00265092 |
| ISBN |
0471321737 (acid-free paper) |
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