The Environment : Science, Issues, and Solutions
Mohan K. Wali
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : CRC Press, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (644 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Authors; International System of Units (SI); Section A: Ecosystem Structure and Function; Chapter 1. The Environment and the Nature of Scientific Enquiry; Chapter 2. Biosphere and the Science of Ecology; Chapter 3. Atmosphere, Climate, and Organisms; Chapter 4. The Soil Environment; Chapter 5. The Aquatic Environment; Chapter 6. Biogeochemical Cycling of Materials; Chapter 7. Energy Flows and Ecosystem Productivity; Chapter 8. Population Ecology; Chapter 9. Community Ecology and Succession. - Chapter 10. Biomes-the Major Ecosystems of the WorldSection B: Contemporary Environmental Issues; Chapter 11. Human Population Growth; Chapter 12. Land Use-Agriculture; Chapter 13. Land Ue-Forest Resources; Chapter 14. Land-Use Mining for Mineral and Coal Resources; Chapter 15. Land Use-Urbanization and Transportation; Chapter 16. Water Resources-Quantity and Quality; Chapter 17. Fuel Energy; Chapter 18. Air Quality and Stratospheric Ozone; Chapter 19. The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change; Chapter 20. Biological Diversity Loss and the March of Invasive Species. - Section C: Seeking SolutionsChapter 21. Environmental Policy and Law; Chapter 22. Economic Systems, Growth, and Development; Chapter 23. Environmental Management; Chapter 24. Restoration of Disturbed Ecosystems; Chapter 25. Conservation of Biological Diversity and Natural Resources; Chapter 26. Sustainable Development; References; Useful Web Resources; Glossary; Index; Back cover. - Ecosystem Structure and FunctionThe Environment and the Nature of Scientific EnquiryMeaning and Significance of EnvironmentThe Pale Blue DotStories in the NewsAdvent of Global Environmental AwakeningFocus on Environmental Problems SharpensAdvances in Environmental Research and RegulationThe Scientific MethodTypes of Scientific StudiesThe Two Cultures and the EnvironmentThe Urge to Live, Live Well, and Live BetterBiosphere and the Science of EcologyThe BiosphereThe LithosphereThe HydrosphereThe Science of EcologyThe Ecosystem ConceptAtmosphere, Climate, and OrganismsAtmosphereClimate and Weathe
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| ISBN | 9780849373879
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