| 紀錄類型: |
書目-語言資料,印刷品
: Monograph/item
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| 正題名/作者: |
Environment // by David M. Hassenzahl, California State University at Chico, Mary Catherine Hager, Nancy Y. Gift, Berea College, Linda R. Berg, former affiliations: University of Maryland, College Park, St. Petersburg College, Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden. |
| 作者: |
Hassenzahl, David M., |
| 出版者: |
Hoboken, New Jersey :Wiley, : [2019], |
| 面頁冊數: |
xvi, 531 pages, I-21 :color illustrations, color maps ;28 cm |
| 附註: |
Includes index. |
| 內容註: |
1. Introducing environmental science and sustainability -- Human impacts on the environment -- Population, resources, and the environment -- Sustainability -- Environmental science -- Addressing environmental problems -- 2. Environmental laws, economics, and ethics -- A brief environmental history of the United States -- U.S. environmental legislation -- Economics and the environment -- Environmental ethics, values, and worldviews -- 3. Ecosystems and energy -- What is ecology? -- The energy of life? -- The flow of energy through ecosystems -- 4. Ecosystems and the physical environment -- The cycling of materials within ecosystems -- Solar radiation -- The atmosphere -- The global ocean -- Weather and climate -- Internal planetary processes -- 5. Ecosystems and living organisms -- Evolution: how populations change over time -- Principles of population ecology -- Biological communities -- Species richness in a community -- Community development -- 6. Major ecosystems of the world -- Earth's major biomes -- Aquatic ecosystems -- 7. Human health and environmental toxicology -- Human health -- Environmental pollution and disease -- Determining health effects of environmental pollution -- Decision making and uncertainty: assessment of risks -- Ecological risk assessment and ecotoxicology. |
| 內容註: |
8. The human population -- The science of demography -- Demographics of countries -- Population and quality of life -- Reducing the total fertility rate -- Government policies, fertility, and poverty -- 9. The urban environment -- Population and urbanization -- The city as an ecosystem -- Urban land-use planning -- Making cities more sustainable -- 10. Energy consumption -- Energy consumption and policy -- Energy efficiency and conservation -- Electricity, hydrogen, and energy storage -- Energy policy -- 11. Fossil fuels -- Fossil fuels -- Coal -- Oil and natural gas extraction and consumption -- Environmental impacts of oil and natural gas -- Synfuels and other potential fossil-fuel resources -- 12. Renewable energy and nuclear power -- Direct solar energy -- Indirect solar energy -- Other renewable energy source -- Nuclear energy -- 13. Water: a limited resource -- The importance of water -- Water use and resource problems -- Water problems in the United States and Canada -- Global water problems -- Water management -- Water conservation -- 14. Soil resources -- The soil system -- Soil properties and major soil types -- Environmental problems related to soil -- Soil conservation and regeneration. |
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15. Mineral resources -- Introduction to minerals -- Environmental impacts associated with minerals -- Minerals: an international perspective -- Increasing the supply of minerals -- Using substitution and conservation to expand mineral supplies -- 16. Biological resources -- Biological diversity -- Extinction and species endangerment -- Conservation biology -- Conservation policies and laws -- Wildlife management -- 17. Land resources -- Land use -- Wilderness, parks, and wildlife refuges -- Forests -- Rangelands and agricultural lands -- Wetlands and coastal areas -- Conservation of land resources -- 18. Food resources -- World food security -- Food production -- Challenges of producing more crops and livestock -- The environmental impacts of agriculture -- Solutions to agriculture problems -- Fisheries of the world -- 19. Air pollution -- Types and sources of air pollution -- Effects of air pollution -- Controlling air pollution in the United States -- Ozone depletion in the stratosphere -- Acid deposition -- Air pollution around the world -- Indoor air pollution. |
| 內容註: |
20. Global climate change -- Introduction to climate change -- The effects of global climate change -- Dealing with global climate change -- 21. Water pollution. -- Types of water pollution -- Water quality today -- Improving water quality -- Laws controlling water pollution -- 22. Pest management -- What is pesticide? -- Benefits and problems with pesticides -- Risks of pesticides to human health -- Alternatives to pesticides -- Laws controlling pesticide use -- The manufacture and use of banned pesticides -- 23. Solid and hazardous wastes -- Solid wastes -- Waste prevention -- Hazardous waste -- 24. Tomorrow's world -- Living sustainably -- Sustainable living: a plan of action -- Changing personal attitudes and practices -- What kind of world do we want? |
| 標題: |
Environmental education. - |
| ISBN: |
9781119586043 |