Environmental science : a global concern / William P. Cunningham, Mary Ann Cunningham.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., c2005Edition: Eighth editionDescription: xxiii, 613 pages. : illustration (some colored) ; 30 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0072439564 [paperback]Subject(s): Environmental sciences -- TextbooksItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Reference (MAIN) | College Library Subject Reference | 363.7 C91 2005 (Browse shelf) | Available | 3UCBL000016408 |
Includes index.
Contents: Part one Principles for understanding our environment; Chapter 1 Understanding our environment -- Chapter 2 Environmental philosophy, ethics, and science -- Chapter 3 Matter, energy, and life -- Chapter 4 Biological communities and species interactions -- Chapter 5 Biomes: global patterns of life -- Chapter 6 Population biology -- Part two People in the environment; Chapter 7 Human population -- Chapter 8 Environmental health and toxicology -- Chapter 9 Food and agriculture -- Chapter 10 Pest control -- Part three Understanding and managing living systems; Chapter 11 Biodiversity -- Chapter 12 Land use: forests and grasslands -- Chapter 13 Preserving and restoring nature -- Part four Physical resources and environmental systems; Chapter 14 Geology and earth resources -- Chapter 15 Air, weather, and climate -- Chapter 16 Air pollution -- Chapter 17 Water use and management -- Chapter 18 Water pollution -- Part five Issues and policy; Chapter 19 Conventional energy -- Chapter 20 Sustainable energy -- Chapter 21 Solid, toxic, and hazardous waste -- Chapter 22 Urbanization and sustainable cities -- Chapter 23 Ecological economics -- Chapter 24 Environmental policy, law, and planning -- Chapter 25 What then shall we do
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