| Description |
xvii, 582 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Principles and concepts: what is environmental science?; characteristics of the biosphere; matter and energy in ecosystems; biological communities; biomes, kins of ecosystems -- Populations: population dynamics; human populations -- Resources and resource management: environmental and resource economics; earth and its crustal resources; human nutrition, food, and hunger; soil resources and sustainable agriculture; world land use; U.S. land resources, forests, rangelands, and wilderness; biological resources; managing biological resources and endangered species; water resources, use, and management; air resources, atmosphere, climate, and weather; energy use and traditional fuels; nuclear power, a fading dream?; sustainable energy resources -- Environmental pollution and other dilemmas: environmental health and toxicology; water pollution; air pollution; solid, toxic, and hazardous wastes; urbanization -- Global future: building sustainable cities; planning for a sustainable future, what then shall we do? |
| Subject |
Human ecology.
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Environmental sciences.
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| Added Author |
Saigo, Barbara Woodworth.
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| ISBN |
0697001377 |
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