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Environmental science. G. Tyler Miller, Scott E. Spoolman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Australia : Brooks/Cole, 2015.Edition: 15th edition / G. Tyler Miller, Jr., Scott SpoolmanDescription: 592 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781305090446 (pbk.) :
  • 9781305090446
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.7 MIL
LOC classification:
  • GE105 .M544 2015
Contents:
Humans and sustainability: an overview -- 1.Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability -- Ecology and sustainability -- 2.Science, matter, energy, and systems -- 3.Ecosystems: what are they and how do they work? -- 4.Biodiversity and evolution -- 5.Species interactions, ecological succession, and population control -- 6.The human population and urbanization -- 7.Climate and biodiversity -- Sustaining biodiversity -- 8.Sustaining biodiversity: saving species and ecosystem services -- 9.Sustaining biodiversity: saving ecosystems and ecosystem services -- Sustaining resources and enviromental quality -- 10.Food production and the enviroment -- 11.Water resources and water pollution -- 12.Geology and nonrenewable mineral resources -- 13.Energy resources -- 14.Environmental hazards and human health -- 15.Air pollution, climate change, and ozone depletion -- 16.Solid and hazardous waste -- Sustaining human societies -- 17.Environmental economics, politics, and worldviews.
Summary: 'Environmental Science' boasts an unparalleled emphasis on sustainability, basic science, and bias-free comparisons, within a flexible chapter organisation and supported by the best media tools and illustration program available.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 363.7 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 216854

Previous edition: 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Humans and sustainability: an overview -- 1.Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability -- Ecology and sustainability -- 2.Science, matter, energy, and systems -- 3.Ecosystems: what are they and how do they work? -- 4.Biodiversity and evolution -- 5.Species interactions, ecological succession, and population control -- 6.The human population and urbanization -- 7.Climate and biodiversity -- Sustaining biodiversity -- 8.Sustaining biodiversity: saving species and ecosystem services -- 9.Sustaining biodiversity: saving ecosystems and ecosystem services -- Sustaining resources and enviromental quality -- 10.Food production and the enviroment -- 11.Water resources and water pollution -- 12.Geology and nonrenewable mineral resources -- 13.Energy resources -- 14.Environmental hazards and human health -- 15.Air pollution, climate change, and ozone depletion -- 16.Solid and hazardous waste -- Sustaining human societies -- 17.Environmental economics, politics, and worldviews.

'Environmental Science' boasts an unparalleled emphasis on sustainability, basic science, and bias-free comparisons, within a flexible chapter organisation and supported by the best media tools and illustration program available.

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