Living in the Environment Principles, Connections, and Solutions

, by Miller, G. Tyler

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ISBN: 9780534519124 | 0534519121
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 9/13/1999

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PART I HUMANS AND NATURE: AN OVERVIEW

(46)

1 Environmental Problems and Their Causes

(28)

2 A Brief History of Resource Use and Conservation

(18)

PART II SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS

(234)

3 Critical Thinking: Science, Models, and Systems

(18)

4 Matter and Energy Resources: Types and Concepts

(22)

5 Ecosystems and How They Work: Connections in Nature

(38)

6 Ecosystems: Niches, Species Interactions, Succession, and Stability

128

(28)

7 Climate, Weather, and Biodiversity

156

(46)

8 Population Dynamics, Evolution, and Human Impacts

202

(32)

9 Geologic Processes: The Dynamic Earth

234

(24)

10 Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health

258

PART III THE HUMAN POPULATION

284

(54)

11 Population Dynamics: Influencing Population Size

284

(26)

12 Population Distribution: Urban Living and Sustainable Cities

310

(28)

PART IV MAJOR GLOBAL PROBLEMS

338

(56)

13 Deforestation and Loss of Biodiversity

338

(26)

14 Global Warming and Ozone Loss

364

(30)

PART V ENERGY RESOURCES

394

(68)

15 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

394

(36)

16 Nonrenewable Energy Resources

430

(32)

PART VI RESOURCES AND POLLUTION

462

(132)

17 Air and Air Pollution

462

(26)

18 Water

488

(26)

19 Water Pollution

514

(26)

20 Minerals and Soil

540

(24)

21 Solid and Hazardous Waste

564

(30)

PART VII SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY

594

(106)

22 Food Resources

594

(24)

23 Protecting Food Resources: Pesticides and Pest Control

618

(16)

24 Sustaining Ecosystems: Forests, Rangelands, Parks, and Wilderness

634

(30)

25 Sustaining Wild Species

664

(36)

PART VIII ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY

700

26 Economics and Environment

700

(26)

27 Politics and Environment

726

(20)

28 Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability

746

Appendixes

Internet Sources and Further Readings

A17

Glossary

A46

Index

A61

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