Living in the Environment with Infotrac

by MILLER

• ISBN13: 9780534997298
• ISBN10: 0534997295
• Edition: 14th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-17
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

Miller's LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT, 14th Edition is the most comprehensive and up-to-date environmental science text on the market. It has the most balanced approach to environmental science instruction, with bias-free comparative diagrams throughout and a focus on prevention of and solutions to environmental problems. Tyler Miller is the most successful author in academic writing on environmental science because of his attention to currency, trend setting presentation of content, ability to predict student and instructor needs for new and different supplements, and his ability to retain the hallmarks on which instructors have come to depend. The content in the 14th edition of LIVING IN THE ENVIRONMENT is everything you have come to expect and more. In this edition, the author has added the "How Would You Vote?" feature, which is an application of environmental science-related topics in the news. Students apply their environmental science knowledge from the book to a Web activity, which helps them investigate environmental science issues in a structured manner. They then cast their votes on the Web. Results are then tallied. Also found at the Miller website is the much used "Updates on Line." Updated twice a year with articles from InfoTrac College Edition service, CNN® Today Video Clips, and Web links, instructors can seamlessly incorporate the most current news articles and research findings to support text presentations. This is a time saver for instructors and part-time teachers who can quickly determine what ancillary materials they want to utilize in just minutes. As with the last edition, this text is packaged with a free Student CD-ROM entitled "Interactive Concepts in Environmental Science." Organized by chapter, the CD gives students links to relevant resources, narrated animations, interactive figures, and prompts to review material and test themselves.

Table of Contents

Humans and sustainability: an overview

Environmental Problems, The ir Causes, and Sustainability

Environmental History: Learning From the Past

Science and ecological principles

Science, Systems, Matter, and Energy

Ecosystems: What Are The y and How Do The y Work?

Evolution and Biodiversity

Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity

Aquatic Biodiversity

Community Ecology

Population Ecology

Applying Population Ecology: the Human Population

Sustaining biodiversity

Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: Managing and Protecting Ecosystems

Sustaining Biodiversity: the Species Approach

Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity

Sustaining natural resources

Food and Soil Resources. 15.Water Resources

Geology and Nonrenewable Mineral Resources

Nonrenewable Energy Resources

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Sustaining environmental quality

Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health

Air Pollution

Climate Change and Ozone Loss

Water Pollution

Pest Management

Solid and Hazardous Waste

Sustainable Cities

Sustaining human societies

Economics, Environment, and Sustainability

Politics, Environment, and Sustainability

Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability

Appendices

Units of Measurement

Major Events in U.S. Environmental History

Some Basic Chemistry

Classifying and Naming Species

Brief History of the Age of Oil

Glossary

Index

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