Living in the environment : concepts, connections, and solutions
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : G Tyler Miller; Scott Spoolman
- ناشر : Pacific Grove, Calif. : Brooks/Cole
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9780495556718
Description
HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW 1 Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability 5 SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES, AND SUSTAINABILITY 2 Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems 28 3 Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work? 50 4 Biodiversity and Evolution 77 5 Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control 100 6 The Human Population and Its Impact 122 7 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity 140 8 Aquatic Biodiversity 162 SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY 9 Sustaining Biodiversity: The Species Approach 183 10 Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: The Ecosystem Approach 214 11 Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity 249 SUSTAINING NATURAL RESOURCES 12 Food, Soil, and Pest Management 275 13 Water Resources 313 14 Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals 344 15 Nonrenewable Energy 370 16 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 399 SUSTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 17 Environmental Hazards and Human Health 438 18 Air Pollution 468 19 Climate Change and Ozone Depletion 496 20 Water Pollution 531 21 Solid and Hazardous Waste 560 22 Sustainable Cities 588 SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETIES 23 Economics, Environment, and Sustainability 611 24 Politics, Environment, and Sustainability 634 25 Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability 660
