Environmental science: a global concern

by Cunningham, William P.

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Title Statements

Full title :Environmental science : a global concern.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2010.
Edition:11th ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 616 pages) : : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps

Edition Identifiers

oclc:ocn894803112
LC Classification:GE105
Dewey Decimal:363.7

Understanding our environment -- Principles of science and systems -- Matter, energy, and life -- Evolution, Biological communities, and species interactions -- Biomes: global patterns of life -- Population biology -- Human populations -- Environmental health and toxicology -- Food and hunger -- Farming: conventional and sustainable practices -- Biodiversity: preserving -- Biodiversity: Preserving landscapes -- Restoration ecology -- Geology and earth resources -- Air, weather, and climate -- Air pollution -- Water use and management -- Water pollution -- Conventional energy -- Sustainable energy -- Solid, toxic, and hazardous waste -- Urbanization and sustainable cities -- Ecological economics -- Environmental policy, law, and planning -- What then shall we do?