Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet

Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet

Daniel B. Botkin John Wiley & Sons 6th Edition ISBN: 978-0-470-04990-7 E-ISBN: 9780470240762
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For more than two decades, Botkin has been active in the application of ecological science to environmental management. Updated and revised to include the latest research in the field, the new Sixth Edition of Environmental Science continues to present a balanced analytical and interdisciplinary approach to the field. This approach equips readers with a solid scientific background in environmental science, so they can think through environmental issues and make their own decisions. Five central themes are weaved throughout the book: Human Population Growth, Sustainability, A Global Perspective, An Urban World, and Science and Values.

Table of Contents

  • FRONT MATTER
  • CHAPTER 1 Key Themes in Environmental Sciences
  • CHAPTER 2 Science as a Way of Knowing: Critical Thinking about the Environment
  • CHAPTER 3 The Big Picture: Systems of Change
  • CHAPTER 4 The Human Population and the Environment
  • CHAPTER 5 The Biogeochemical Cycles
  • CHAPTER 6 Ecosystems and Ecosystem Management
  • CHAPTER 7 Biological Diversity
  • CHAPTER 8 Biogeography
  • CHAPTER 9 Biological Productivity and Energy Flow
  • CHAPTER 10 Ecological Restoration
  • CHAPTER 11 Producing Enough Food for the World: How Agriculture Depends on Environment
  • CHAPTER 12 Effects of Agriculture on the Environment
  • CHAPTER 13 Forests, Parks, and Landscapes
  • CHAPTER 14 Wildlife, Fisheries, and Endangered Species
  • CHAPTER 15 Environmental Health, Pollution, and Toxicology
  • CHAPTER 16 Natural Disasters and Catastrophes
  • CHAPTER 17 Energy: Some Basics
  • CHAPTER 18 Fossil Fuels and the Environment
  • CHAPTER 19 Alternative Energy and the Environment
  • CHAPTER 20 Nuclear Energy and the Environment
  • CHAPTER 21 Water Supply, Use, and Management
  • CHAPTER 22 Water Pollution and Treatment
  • CHAPTER 23 The Atmosphere, Climate, and Global Warming
  • CHAPTER 24 Air Pollution
  • CHAPTER 25 Indoor Air Pollution
  • CHAPTER 26 Ozone Depletion
  • CHAPTER 27 Minerals and the Environment
  • CHAPTER 28 Dollars and Environmental Sense: Economics of Environmental Issues
  • CHAPTER 29 Urban Environments
  • CHAPTER 30 Waste Management
  • APPENDIX
  • GLOSSARY
  • NOTES
  • PHOTO CREDITS
  • INDEX

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