Environmental Science
The Way the World Works
Published on 31. December 1993
Book
Hardback
656 pages
978-0-13-285446-7 (ISBN)
Description
Revolving around the principles of sustainability, this new edition sets out to provide students with a balanced, complete treatment of environmental issues - their scientific basis, history and future. Material is revised to reflect changing environmental understanding and issues. A new chapter on oceans is included together with enhanced coverage of geological ramifications.
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Edition
International 2 Revised ed
Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 283 mm
Width: 215 mm
Weight
1550 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-285446-7 (9780132854467)
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Book
08/1999
7th Edition
Pearson
€43.39
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Content
Using environmental science to understand and solve environmental problems. Part 1 What ecosystems are and how they work: ecosystems - what keeps them the same?, what makes them change?, adapting to change - or not. Part 2 Finding a balance between population, soil, water and agriculture: the population explosion - causes and consequences; addressing the population problem; food - the production and distribution of food; soil and the soil ecosystems; pests and pest control; water, the water cycle and water management. Part 3 Pollution: sediments, nutrients and eutrophication; sewage pollution and rediscovering the nutrient cycle; pollution from hazardous chemicals; air pollution and its control; major atmospheric changes; risk and economics of pollution. Part 4 Resources - biota, energy and land: wild species; diversity and protection; ecosystems as resources; converting trash to resources; energy resources and the energy problem; nuclear power - promise and problems; solar and other "renewable" energy sources; lifestyle, land use and environmental impact.