Environmental Science: Pearson New International Edition
Toward a Sustainable Future
12e édition
Spécifications
- Éditeur
- Pearson Education
- Édition
- 12
- Auteur
- Richard T. Wright, Dorothy Boorse,
- Langue
- anglais
- BISAC Subject Heading
- NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE
- BIC subject category (UK)
- WZ Miscellaneous items
- Code publique Onix
- 05 Enseignement supérieur
- Date de première publication du titre
- 01 novembre 2013
- Subject Scheme Identifier Code
- Classification thématique Thema: Papeterie et éléments divers
VitalSource eBook
- Date de publication
- 01 novembre 2013
- ISBN-13
- 9781292034096
- Ampleur
- Nombre de pages de contenu principal : 664
- Code interne
- 1292034092
- Protection technique e-livre
- DRM
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Sommaire
I. FRAMEWORK FOR A SUSTATAINABLE FUTURE
1. Science and the Environment
2. Economics, Politics, and Public Policy
II. ECOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF ORGANISMS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
3. Basic Needs of Living Things
4. Populations and Communities
5. Ecosystems: Energy, Patterns, and Disturbance
6. Wild Species and Biodiversity
7. The Use and Restoration of Ecosystems
III. THE HUMAN POPULATION AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES
8. The Human Population
9. Population and Development
10. Water: Hydrologic Cycle and Human Use
11. Soil: Foundation for Land Ecosystems
12. The Production and Distribution of Food
13. Pests and Pest Control
IV. HARNESSING ENERGY FOR HUMAN SOCIETY
14. Energy from Fossil Fuels
15. Renewable Energy
16. Nuclear Power
V. POLLUTION AND PREVENTION
17. Environmental Hazards and Human Health
18. Global Climate Change
19. Atmospheric Pollution
20. Water Pollution and Its Prevention
21. Municipal Solid Waste: Disposal and Recovery
22. Hazardous Chemicals: Pollution and Prevention
VI. STEWARDSHIP FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
23. Sustainable Communities and Lifestyles
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