Essential Environment
Pearson Education (US) (Verlag)
978-0-8053-0640-8 (ISBN)
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The Second Edition features a new chapter on ecology with expanded coverage of community ecology and biomes. New end-of-chapter activities and interactive exercises on the Environmental Place Website help students hone the skills they need to make informed decisions on environmental issues. Calculating Ecological Footprint activities at the end of each chapter give students practice in applying individual decisions to larger scales. The Investigate It! interactive map on the website provides more than 120 additional case studies.You Decide web activities help students learn how to analyze data on global warming and conservation.
PART ONE, Foundations of Environmental Science
1. An introduction to environmental science
2. Environmental economics and environmental policy
3. Environmental systems: Chemistry, energy, and ecosystems
4. Evolution, biodiversity, and population ecology
5. Species interactions and community ecology
PART TWO, Environmental Issues and the Search for Solutions
6. Human population growth
7. Soils, agriculture, and the future of food
8. Biodiversity and conservation biology
9. Urbanization, land use, and resources management
10. Environmental health and toxicology
11. Freshwater and marine systems and resources
12. The atmosphere, air pollution, and global climate change
13. Nonrenewable energy sources and their environmental impacts
14. Renewable energy alternatives
15. Waste management
Epilogue: Sustainable Solutions
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.11.2006 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Upper Saddle River |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 928 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie |
| Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8053-0640-4 / 0805306404 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8053-0640-8 / 9780805306408 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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