Environmental science : earth as a living planet Daniel B Botkin, Edward A Keller with assistance from Dorothy B Rosenthal, Nicholas Pinter, Mel S Manalis, Harold Ward, Marc J McGinnes and Harold Morowitz

By:

Botkin, Daniel B [author - Director, Program on Global Change George Mason University, Fairfix, Virginia, President The Centre for the Study of the Environment, Santa Barbara, Carlifornia]

Contributor(s):

Keller, Edward A [author - University of Carlifornia, Santa Barbara ]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York J. Wiley 1998Edition: SecondDescription: 649 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0471157821

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

GE105 BOT

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 5 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 6 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.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and 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 5 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 6 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.

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.

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