Introduction to environmental science / G. Tyler Miller,Jr.
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TextPublisher: Pasig City, Philippines : Cengage learning, c2011Edition: Second edition Philippine editionDescription: 746 pages : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789814296748 [newsprint]Subject(s): Environmental sciences -- TextbooksDDC classification: | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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College Library | 363.7 T97 2011 (Browse shelf) | Available | 3UCBL000022468 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Preface -- Humans and sustainability: An overview -- Chapter 1 Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability; Ecology and sustainability -- Chapter 2 Science, matter, and energy -- Chapter 3 Ecosystems: What are they and how do they work? -- Chapter 4 Biodiversity and evolution -- Chapter 5 Biodiversity, species interactions, and population control -- Chapter 6 The human population and urbanization -- Chapter 7 Climate and biodiversity; Sustaining biodiversity -- Chapter 8 Sustaining biodiversity: The species approach -- Chapter 9 Sustaining biodiversity: The ecosystem approach; Sustaining resources and environmental quality -- Chapter 10 Food, soil, and pest management -- Chapter 11 Water resources and water pollution -- Chapter 12 Geology and nonrenewable minerals -- Chapter 13 Energy -- Chapter 14 Environmental hazards and human health -- Chapter 15 Air pollution, climate change, and ozone depletion -- Chapter 16 Solid and hazardous waste -- Sustaining human societies -- Chapter 17 Environment economic, politics, and worldviews -- Includes appendices -- Glossary.
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