Living in the Environment

Principles, Connections and Solutions

G. Tyler Miller (Autor)

Media-Kombination

864 Seiten

2003 | 13th Revised edition
Brooks/Cole
978-0-534-39798-2 (ISBN)

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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.

Part I Humans and Sustainability - An Overview: Environmental Problems, Their Causes and Sustainability; Environmental History - An Overview. Part II Scientific Principles And Concepts: Science, Systems, Matter and Energy; Ecosystems - Components, Energy Flow and Matter Cycling; Evolution and Biodiversity - Origins, Niches and Adaptation; Biogeography - Climate, Biomes and Terrestrial Biodiversity; Aquatic Ecology - Biodiversity in Aquatic Systems; Community Ecology - Structure, Species Interactions, Succession and Sustainability; Population Dynamics, Carrying Capacity and Conservation Biology; Geology - Processes, Hazards and Soils; Risk, Toxicology and Human Health. Part III Human Population, Resources and Sustainability: The Human Population - Growth, Demography and Carrying Capacity; Food Resources; Water Resources; Geologic Resources - Nonrenewable Mineral and Energy Resources; Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Part IV Environmental Quality and Pollution: Air and Air Pollution; Climate Change and Ozone Loss; Water Pollution; Pesticides and Pest Control; Solid and Hazardous Waste. Part V Sustaining Biodiversity and Cities: Sustaining Wild Species; Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity - The Ecosystem Approach; Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity; Sustainable Cities - Urban Land Use and Management. Part VI Environment and Society: Economics, Environment and Sustainability; Politics, Environment and Sustainability; Environmental Worldviews, Ethics and Sustainability.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.1.2003
Zusatzinfo	glossary, index
Verlagsort	CA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Themenwelt	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-534-39798-0 / 0534397980
ISBN-13	978-0-534-39798-2 / 9780534397982
Zustand	Neuware