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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
G Tyler Miller; Scott E Spoolman |
ISBN: | 9781133104391 1133104398 |
OCLC Number: | 778788746 |
Description: | 1 online resource (459 Seiten : ) |
Contents: | HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW.1. Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability. ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY.2. Science, Matter, and Energy. 3. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work? 4. Biodiversity and Evolution. 5. Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control. 6. The Human Population and Urbanization. 7. Climate and Biodiversity. SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY.8. Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach. 9. Sustaining Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach.SUSTAINING RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.10. Food, Soil, and Pest Management. 11. Water Resources and Water Pollution.12. Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals.13. Energy. 14. Environmental Hazards and Human Health.15. Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion.16. Solid and Hazardous Waste. SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETIES.17. Environmental Economics, Politics, and Worldviews. SUPPLEMENTS.Supplement 1: Measurement Units.Supplement 2: Reading Graphs and Maps.Supplement 3: Enviromental History of the United States.Supplement 4: Some Basic Chemistry.Supplement 5: Weather Basics: El Nino, Tornadoes, and Tropical Cyclones.Supplement 6: Maps.Supplement 7: Environmental Data and Data Analysis.Glossary.Index. |
Responsibility: | G. Tyler Miller, Scott E. Spoolman. |
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HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW. 1. Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability. ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY. 2. Science, Matter, and Energy. 3. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work? 4. Biodiversity and Evolution. 5. Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control. 6. The Human Population and Urbanization. 7. Climate and Biodiversity. SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY. 8. Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach. 9. Sustaining Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach. SUSTAINING RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. 10. Food, Soil, and Pest Management. 11. Water Resources and Water Pollution. 12. Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals. 13. Energy. 14. Environmental Hazards and Human Health. 15. Air Pollution, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion. 16. Solid and Hazardous Waste. SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETIES. 17. Environmental Economics, Politics, and Worldviews. SUPPLEMENTS. Supplement 1: Measurement Units Supplement 2: Reading Graphs and Maps Supplement 3: An Overview of U.S. Environmental History Supplement 4: Some Basic Chemistry Supplement 5: Weather Basics: El Nino, Tornadoes, and Tropical Cyclones Supplement 6: Maps Supplement 7: Environmental Data and Data Analysis Glossary. Index. Read more...


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