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Environmental science : a global concern.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cunningham, William P.
Other Authors: Cunningham, Mary Ann
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, [2010]
Edition:11th ed. /
Subjects:
Environmental sciences > Textbooks.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Understanding our environment
  • Frameworks for understanding: science, systems, and ethics
  • 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 agriculture
  • Pest control
  • Biodiversity
  • Land use: forests and grasslands
  • Preserving and restoring nature
  • 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?