Environmental Science (with InfoTrac) Working with the Earth

by Miller, Jr., G. Tyler

• ISBN13: 9780534535414
• ISBN10: 0534535410
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-06
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Table of Contents

PART I HUMANS AND NATURE: AN OVERVIEW	2	(43)
1 Environmental Problems and Their Causes	4	(24)
2 Cultural Changes, Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability	28	(17)
PART II PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS	45	(200)
3 Science, Systems, Matter, and Energy	46	(24)
4 Ecosystems and How They Work: Connections in Nature	70	(36)
5 Ecosystems: What Are the Major Types and What Can Happen to Them?	106	(53)
6 The Human Population: Growth and Distribution	159	(34)
7 Environmental Economics and Politics	193	(30)
8 Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health	223	(22)
PART III RESOURCES: AIR, WATER, SOIL, MINERALS, AND WASTES	245	(150)
9 Air and Air Pollution	246	(23)
10 Climate, Global Warming, and Ozone Loss	269	(29)
11 Water Resources and Water Pollution	298	(40)
12 Minerals and Soil	338	(30)
13 Solid and Hazardous Waste	368	(27)
PART IV SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY	395	(114)
14 Food Resources	396	(24)
15 Protecting Food Resources: Pesticides and Pest Control	420	(16)
16 Sustaining Ecosystems: Forests, Rangelands, Parks, and Wilderness	436	(40)
17 Sustaining Wild Species	476	(33)
PART V ENERGY RESOURCES	509	(56)
18 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy	510	(30)
19 Nonrenewable Energy Resources	540	(25)
Epilogue	565
Appendixes	A1
Internet Sources and Further Readings
Glossary
Index