| Description |
1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) |
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4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Humans and Sustainability: An Overview -- 1. Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability -- 2. Environmental History: Learning from the Past -- Pt. 2. Science and Ecological Principles -- 3. Science, Systems, Matter, and Energy -- 4. Ecosystems: What are They and How Do They Work? -- 5. Evolution and Biodiversity -- 6. Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity -- 7. Aquatic Biodiversity -- 8. Community Ecology -- 9. Population Ecology -- 10. Applying Population Ecology: The Human Population -- Pt. 3. Sustaining Biodiversity -- 11. Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: Managing and Protecting Ecosystems -- 12. Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach -- 13. Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity |
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Pt. 4. Sustaining Natural Resources -- 14. Food and Soil Resources -- 15. Water Resources -- 16. Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources -- 17. Nonrenewable Energy Resources -- 18. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- Pt. 5. Sustaining Environmental Quality -- 19. Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health -- 20. Air Pollution -- 21. Climate Change and Ozone Loss -- 22. Water Pollution -- 23. Pest Management -- 24. Solid and Hazardous Waste -- 25. Sustainable Cities -- Pt. 6. Sustaining Human Socities -- 26. Economics, Environment, and Sustainability -- 27. Politics, Environment, and Sustainability -- 28. Environmental Worldwide, Ethics, and Sustainability |
| Summary |
This is a science-based book intended for introductory courses on environmental science. It is accompanied by a web based resource and is designed to enable students to find links to resources, narrated animations, interactive figures and prompts to review material and test themselves |
| Analysis |
Environmental studies |
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Ecology & environmental science |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Environmental education.
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Environmental sciences.
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Human ecology.
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Environmental policy.
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| LC no. |
2004101230 |
| ISBN |
0534997295 Student edition |
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0534997325 cd-rom |
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0534997309 annotated instructor's edition |
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0534997287 international student edition |
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