Cunningham, William P.
Principles of environmental science : inquiry & applications / William P. Cunningham, Mary Ann Cunningham. - Fifth edition - Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill, c2009 - xxiii, 408 pages : illustration(some colored), colored maps.; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Chapter 1 Understanding our environment -- Chapter 2 Environmental systems: connections, cycles, flows, and feedback loops -- Chapter 3 Evolution, species interactions, and biological communities -- Chapter 4 Human populations -- Chapter 5 Biomes and biodiversity -- Chapter 6 Environmental conservations: forests, grasslands, parks, and nature preserves -- Chapter 7 Food and agriculture -- Chapter 8 Environmental health and toxicology -- Chapter 9 Air: climate and pollution -- Chapter 10 Water: resources and pollution -- Chapter 11 Environmental geology and earth resources -- Chapter 12 Energy -- Chapter 13 Solid and hazardous waste -- Chapter 14 Economics and urbanization -- Chapter 15 Environmental policy and sustainability
English
9780073383194 [paperback] 0073383198 (hard copy : alk. paper)
2008019443
Environmental sciences--Textbooks.
Principles of environmental science : inquiry & applications / William P. Cunningham, Mary Ann Cunningham. - Fifth edition - Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill, c2009 - xxiii, 408 pages : illustration(some colored), colored maps.; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Contents: Chapter 1 Understanding our environment -- Chapter 2 Environmental systems: connections, cycles, flows, and feedback loops -- Chapter 3 Evolution, species interactions, and biological communities -- Chapter 4 Human populations -- Chapter 5 Biomes and biodiversity -- Chapter 6 Environmental conservations: forests, grasslands, parks, and nature preserves -- Chapter 7 Food and agriculture -- Chapter 8 Environmental health and toxicology -- Chapter 9 Air: climate and pollution -- Chapter 10 Water: resources and pollution -- Chapter 11 Environmental geology and earth resources -- Chapter 12 Energy -- Chapter 13 Solid and hazardous waste -- Chapter 14 Economics and urbanization -- Chapter 15 Environmental policy and sustainability
English
9780073383194 [paperback] 0073383198 (hard copy : alk. paper)
2008019443
Environmental sciences--Textbooks.