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RECORD NUMBER: 600 OF 1060Main Title | Living in the environment : principles, connections, and solutions / | |||||||||||
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Author | Miller, G. Tyler | |||||||||||
Publisher | Brooks/Cole-Thomson, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2004 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 1057999129 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0534398073; 9780534398071; 0534397980; 9780534397982; 0534397999; 9780534397999; 053439809X; 9780534398095; 0534274110; 9780534274115; 0534997287; 9780534997281 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Environmental policy ; Environmental sciences ; Human ecology | |||||||||||
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Edition | 13th ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | xxiii, 757, [50] p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) | |||||||||||
Notes | "International student edition" -- cover. International student ed. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Notes | Environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability -- Environmental history : an overview -- Science, systems, matter, and energy -- Ecosystems : components, energy flow, and matter cycling -- Evolution and biodiversity : origins, niches, and adaptation -- Biogeography : climate, biomes, and terrestrial biodiversity -- Aquatic ecology : biodiversity in aquatic systems -- Community ecology : structure, species interactions, succession, and sustainability -- Population dynamics, carrying capacity, and conservation biology -- Geology : processes, hazards, and soils -- Risk, toxicology, and human health -- The human population : growth, demography, and carrying capacity -- Food resources -- Water resources -- Geologic resources : nonrenewable mineral and energy resources -- Energy efficiency and renewable energy -- Air and air pollution -- Climate change and ozone loss -- Water pollution -- Pesticides and pest control -- Solid and hazardous waste -- Sustaining wild species -- Sustaining terrestrial biodiversity : the ecosystem approach -- Sustaining aquatic biodiversity -- Sustainable cities : urban land use and management -- Economics, environment, and sustainability -- Politics, environment, and sustainability -- Environmental worldviews, ethics, and sustainability. With accompanying CD-ROM, entitled: Interactive concepts in environmental science. |