Environmental science : working with the earth
Miller, G. Tyler Jr.
Environmental science : working with the earth / G. Tyler Miller, Jr. - Tenth edition - xxiv, 538 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
Includes index.
Part I. Humans and sustainability : an overview 1. Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability 2. Environmental economics, politics, and worldviews Part II. Scientific principles and concepts 3. Science, systems, matter, and energy 4. Ecosystems : components, energy flow, and matter cycling 5. Evolution and biodiversity : origins, niches, and adaptation 6. Climate, terrestrial biodiversity, and aquatic biodiversity 7. Community ecology : structure, species interactions, succession, and sustainability 8. Population dynamics, carrying capacity, and conservation biology 9. Environmental geology : processes, minerals, and soils 10. Risk, toxicology, and human health Part III. Population, resources, and sustainability 11. The human population : growth and distribution 12. Air and air pollution 13. Climate change and ozone loss 14. Water resources and water pollution 15. Solid and hazardous waste Part IV. Sustaining biodiversity 16. Food resources 17. Sustaining biodiversity : the ecosystem approach 18. Sustaining biodiversity : the species approach Part V. Energy resources 19. Nonrenewable energy resources 20. Energy efficiency and renewable energy
0534424074
Environmental sciences
Human ecology
Environmental protection
363.7
Environmental science : working with the earth / G. Tyler Miller, Jr. - Tenth edition - xxiv, 538 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
Includes index.
Part I. Humans and sustainability : an overview 1. Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability 2. Environmental economics, politics, and worldviews Part II. Scientific principles and concepts 3. Science, systems, matter, and energy 4. Ecosystems : components, energy flow, and matter cycling 5. Evolution and biodiversity : origins, niches, and adaptation 6. Climate, terrestrial biodiversity, and aquatic biodiversity 7. Community ecology : structure, species interactions, succession, and sustainability 8. Population dynamics, carrying capacity, and conservation biology 9. Environmental geology : processes, minerals, and soils 10. Risk, toxicology, and human health Part III. Population, resources, and sustainability 11. The human population : growth and distribution 12. Air and air pollution 13. Climate change and ozone loss 14. Water resources and water pollution 15. Solid and hazardous waste Part IV. Sustaining biodiversity 16. Food resources 17. Sustaining biodiversity : the ecosystem approach 18. Sustaining biodiversity : the species approach Part V. Energy resources 19. Nonrenewable energy resources 20. Energy efficiency and renewable energy
0534424074
Environmental sciences
Human ecology
Environmental protection
363.7