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Ecoscience : population, resources, environment

Author: Paul R Ehrlich; Anne H Ehrlich; John P Holdren
Publisher: San Francisco : W.H. Freeman, ©1977.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A comprehensive introduction to basic ecological principlees. Offers an expanded treatment of raw materials; a major section is devoted to energy problems; new coverage is given to geophysical and climatological aspects of the environment; and a provocative discussion of the possiblities of social, politcal, and economic change is also included.
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Genre/Form: Zivilisationsökologie
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Paul R Ehrlich; Anne H Ehrlich; John P Holdren
ISBN: 0716705672 9780716705673 0716700298 9780716700296
OCLC Number: 2929232
Notes: First-2d ed. published under title: Population, resources, environment.
Description: xv, 1051 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Chapter 1. Population, Resources, Environment: Dimensions of the Human Predicament - Section I. Natural Processes and Human Well-Being - Chapter 2. The Physical World - Chapter 3. Nutrient Cycles - Chapter 4. Populations and Ecosystems - Section II. Population and Renewable Resources - Chapter 5. The History and Future of the Human Population - Chapter 6. Land, Water, and Forests - Chapter 7. A Hungry World - Section III. Energy and Materials - Chapter 8. Energy - Chapter 9. Materials - Section IV. Understanding Environmental Disruption - Chapter 10. Direct Assaults on Well-Being - Chapter 11. Disruption of Ecological Systems - Section V. The Human Predicament: Finding a Way Out - Chapter 12. Humanity at the Crossroads - Chapter 13. Population Policies - Chapter 14. Changing American Institutions - Chapter 15. Rich Nations, Poor Nations, and International Conflict - Chapter 16. Summary - Appendix 2. World Demography - Appendix 2. Food and Nutrition - Appendix 3. Pesticides - Appendix 4. Reproduction and Birth Control.
Responsibility: Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, John P. Holdren.

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A comprehensive introduction to basic ecological principlees. Offers an expanded treatment of raw materials; a major section is devoted to energy problems; new coverage is given to geophysical and climatological aspects of the environment; and a provocative discussion of the possiblities of social, politcal, and economic change is also included.

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