Living in the environment /
G. Tyler Miller, Scott E. Spoolman.
- 19e
- 1 v., 546 pages (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), col maps ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
PART I: HUMANS AND SUSTAINABILITY: AN OVERVIEW.1. The Environment and Sustainability.PART II: SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES, AND SUSTAINABILITY.2. Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems.3. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?4. Biodiversity and Evolution.5. Species Interactions, Ecological Succession, and Population Control.6. The Human Population and Its Impact.7. Climate and Biodiversity.8. Aquatic Biodiversity.PART III: SUSTAINING BIODIVERSITY.9. Sustaining Biodiversity: Saving Species and Ecosystem Services.10. Sustaining Terrestrial Biodiversity: Saving Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services.11. Sustaining Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.PART IV: SUSTAINING NATURAL RESOURCES.12. Food Production and the Environment.13. Water Resources.14. Geology and Mineral Resources.15. Nonrenewable Energy.16. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.PART V: SUSTAINING ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.17. Environmental Hazards and Human Health.18. Air Pollution and Ozone Depletion.19. Climate Change.20. Water Pollution.21. Solid and Hazardous Waste.22. Urbanization and Sustainability.PART VI: SUSTAINING HUMAN SOCIETIES.23. Economics, Environment, and Sustainability.24. Politics, Environment, and Sustainability.25. Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability.SUPPLEMENTS.1. Measurement Units.2. Reading Graphs and Maps.3. Some Basic Chemistry.4. Maps and Map Analysis.5. Environmental Data and Data Analysis.6. Geologic and Biological Time Scale.
College of Education
Text in English
9781337094153 (hbk)
Environmental sciences. Human ecology. Environmental policy.