04066nam 2200637I 450 991082839150332120230721042354.00-429-18888-91-4200-0733-5(CKB)3710000000391020(EBL)1446687(SSID)ssj0001458604(PQKBManifestationID)12559888(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001458604(PQKBWorkID)11451917(PQKB)10602081(MiAaPQ)EBC1446687(Au-PeEL)EBL1446687(CaPaEBR)ebr11166090(OCoLC)908077672(OCoLC)743384343(FINmELB)ELB140622(EXLCZ)99371000000039102020180611d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe environment science, issues, and solutions /by Mohan K. Wali, Fatih Evrendilek and M. Siobhan FennessyFirst edition.Boca Raton, FL :CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis,2009.1 online resource (644 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8493-7387-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Authors; International System of Units (SI); Section A: Ecosystem Structure and Function; Chapter 1. The Environment and the Nature of Scientific Enquiry; Chapter 2. Biosphere and the Science of Ecology; Chapter 3. Atmosphere, Climate, and Organisms; Chapter 4. The Soil Environment; Chapter 5. The Aquatic Environment; Chapter 6. Biogeochemical Cycling of Materials; Chapter 7. Energy Flows and Ecosystem Productivity; Chapter 8. Population Ecology; Chapter 9. Community Ecology and SuccessionChapter 10. Biomes-the Major Ecosystems of the WorldSection B: Contemporary Environmental Issues; Chapter 11. Human Population Growth; Chapter 12. Land Use-Agriculture; Chapter 13. Land Ue-Forest Resources; Chapter 14. Land-Use Mining for Mineral and Coal Resources; Chapter 15. Land Use-Urbanization and Transportation; Chapter 16. Water Resources-Quantity and Quality; Chapter 17. Fuel Energy; Chapter 18. Air Quality and Stratospheric Ozone; Chapter 19. The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change; Chapter 20. Biological Diversity Loss and the March of Invasive SpeciesSection C: Seeking SolutionsChapter 21. Environmental Policy and Law; Chapter 22. Economic Systems, Growth, and Development; Chapter 23. Environmental Management; Chapter 24. Restoration of Disturbed Ecosystems; Chapter 25. Conservation of Biological Diversity and Natural Resources; Chapter 26. Sustainable Development; References; Useful Web Resources; Glossary; Index; Back coverThe authors’ engaging style piques the interest of students, challenges their critical abilities, and fosters environmental literacy based on a fundamental understanding of the systems of the natural world. The authors emphasize the basics of ecology and use this foundation to build an understanding of major environmental problems and explore methods of mitigating what has been degraded or destroyed. In a logical progression, they provide an understanding of the science, a delineation of the human population and technological growth that has led to environmental issues, and an exploration of solutions to those problems.Environmental educationEnvironmental sciencesStudy and teaching (Higher)Interdisciplinary researchEnvironmental education.Environmental sciencesStudy and teaching (Higher)Interdisciplinary research.363.7Wali Mohan K.1647144Evrendilek FatihFennessy M. SiobhanFlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910828391503321The environment3994560UNINA