Environmental science: international student version
by Botkin, Daniel B. Keller, Edward A.
Title Statements
- Full title :Environmental science : international student version / Daniel B. Botkin, Edward A. Keller.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2012.
- Edition:8th ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Wiley
- Place of Publication:Hoboken, N.J
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:519 Seiten : : Illustrationen
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780470520338, 9780470646090, 0470646098, 0470520337
- oclc:ocn741956979
- LC Classification:GE105
- Dewey Decimal:363.7
Table of Contents
Introduction to environmental sciences -- The scientific method and environmental sciences -- How to think about complex systems -- Introduction to populations and to the human population -- Ecosystems -- The chemistry of life -- Environmental economics -- Diversity of life -- Restoring damaged ecosystems -- How the environment affects our health -- Farming and the environment -- Forests and the environment -- Wildlife and the environment -- Energy concepts important in environmental science -- Oil, natural gas and coal -- Wind, solar and other new sources of energy -- Nuclear power -- How we obtain and use water -- Water pollution and treatment -- Global warming -- Air pollution -- Cities as environment -- Materials management -- Our environmental future.
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