Introduction to Environmental Geology
ISBN: 9780132251501 | 0132251507
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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As the human population increases, many decisions concerning our use of natural resources will determine our standard of living and the quality of our environment. This reader-friendly book helps readers develop an understanding of how geology interacts with major environmental problems facing society. Included with every text, the Hazard City CD-ROM gives instructors meaningful, easy-to-assign, and easy-to-grade assignments based on the idealized town of Hazard City. Focuses on five fundamental concepts of environmental geology: Human Populati... MORE
| Please note this Table of Contents is from the third edition of Introduction to Geology | |
| Foundations of Environmental Geology | |
| Philosophy and Fundamental Concepts | |
| Internal Structure of the Earth and Plate Tectonics | |
| Minerals and Rocks | |
| Earth Processes and Natural Hazards | |
| Introduction to Natural Hazards | |
| Earthquakes and Related Phenomena | |
| Volcanic Activity | |
| Rivers and Flooding | |
| Slope Processes, Landslides, and Subsidence | |
| Coastal Processes | |
| Impact of Extraterrestrial Objects | |
| Resources and Pollution | |
| Water Resources | |
| Water Pollution | |
| Mineral Resources | |
| Energy and Resources | |
| Soils and Environment | |
| Waste as a Resource: Waste Management | |
| Air Pollution | |
| Environmental Management, Global Perspectives, and Society | |
| Global Climate Change | |
| Geology, Society, and the Future | |
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