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Environmental Science : The Way the World Works
ISBN: 9780130831347 | 0130831344
Edition: 7thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 7/1/1999
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Known for its currency and readability, this text focuses on enabling students to critically evaluate the latest environmental issues and to apply that understanding to situations and events in their everyday lives. It explores the interactions of humans within the natural environment and probes issues thoroughlyexamining their scientific basis, their history, and society's response. The authors discuss sustainable development and public policy in terms of how they shape the present and future.
| Introduction: Sustainability, Stewardship, and Sound Science | 3 | (20) | |||
| PART ONE Ecosystems and How They Work | 23 | (112) | |||
| 25 | (28) | |||
| 53 | (28) | ||||
| 81 | (26) | |||
| 107 | (28) | |||
| PART TWO The Human Population | 135 | (48) | |||
| 137 | (26) | |||
| 163 | (20) | |||
| PART THREE Renewable Resources | 183 | (124) | |||
| 185 | (24) | |||
| 209 | (28) | |||
| 237 | (22) | |||
| 259 | (22) | |||
| 281 | (26) | |||
| PART FOUR Energy | 307 | (74) | |||
| 309 | (24) | |||
| 333 | (24) | |||
| 357 | (24) | |||
| PART FIVE Pollution and Prevention | 381 | (172) | |||
| 383 | (24) | |||
| 407 | (24) | |||
| 431 | (26) | |||
| 457 | (18) | |||
| 475 | (24) | |||
| 499 | (26) | |||
| 525 | (28) | |||
| PART SIX Toward a Sustainable Future | 553 | (47) | |||
| 555 | (22) | |||
| 577 | (23) | |||
| ABC Video Case Studies, Volumes IV | 600 | (5) | |||
| Appendix A---Environmental Organizations | 605 | (2) | |||
| Appendix B---Units of Measure | 607 | (2) | |||
| Appendix C---Some Basic Chemical Concepts | 609 | (6) | |||
| Bibliography and Additional Reading | 615 | (14) | |||
| Glossary | 629 | (20) | |||
| Photo Credits | 649 | (2) | |||
| Index | 651 |
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