Environmental science / by Robert Kaufmann, Cutler Cleveland
By: Kaufmann, Robert K [author].
Contributor(s): Cleveland, Cutler J [author].
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BookPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : McGraw-Hill, [2008]Description: xix, 552 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color).Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780071101967.Subject(s): Environmental sciences -- Textbooks | Nature -- Effects of human beings on -- Textbooks | Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- TextbooksGenre/Form: | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Book | Main Library Reference Section | Reference | R 363.7 K21e 2008 (Browse shelf) | Room use only | 19391QC |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Introduction to environmental science
Chapter 1. Environment and society : a sustainable partnership?
Part II. Building a framework to study environmental problems
Chapter 2. The laws of energy and matter
Chapter 3. Systems : why are environmental problems so difficult to solve?
Part III. How the natural environment works
Chapter 4. The physical systems of planet earth : the engine of life
Chapter 5. The flow of energy in biological systems : why does it matter?
Chapter 6. The flow of the matter in the environment : why does it matter?
Chapter 7. Biomes : where do plants and animals live?
Chapter 8. Succession : how do ecosystems respond to disturbance?
Part IV. How human systems work
Chapter 9. Carrying capacity : how large a population?
Chapter 10. An ecological view of the economy
Chapter 11. The driving forces of environmental change
Part V. Global environmental challenges
Chapter 12. Biodiversity : species and so much more
Chapter 13. Global climate change : a warming planet?
Chapter 14. A reduction in atmospheric ozone : let the sunshine in
Part VI. Living off the land: soils, food production, and forests
Chapter 15. Soil : a potentially sustainable resource
Chapter 16. Agriculture : the ecology of growing food
Chapter 17. Forests : so much more than wood
Part VII. Air and water resources
Chapter 18. Water resources
Chapter 19. Air pollution : costs and benefits of clean air?
Part VIII. Energy and materials
Chapter 20. Fossil fuels : the life blood of the global economy
Chapter 21. Nuclear power
Chapter 22. Renewable energy and energy efficiency
Chapter 23. Materials, society, and the environment
Chapter 24. A sustainable future : will business as usual get us there?
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