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Environmental science and technology : a sustainable approach to green science and technology

Title
Environmental science and technology : a sustainable approach to green science and technology / Stanley E. Manahan.
Author
Manahan, Stanley E.
Publication
Boca Raton : CRC/Tayor & Francis, [2007], ©2007.
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Description
xxiii, 646 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Sustainability through green science and technology -- 2. The five environmental spheres -- 3. Green chemistry, biology, and biochemistry -- 4. Water : a unique substance essential for life -- 5. Aquatic biology, microbiology, and chemistry -- 6. Keeping water green -- 7. The atmosphere : a protective blanket around us -- 8. Environmental chemistry of the atmosphere -- 9. Sustaining an atmosphere for life on earth -- 10. The geosphere -- 11. Soil, agriculture, and food production -- 12. Geospheric hazards and sustaining a green geosphere -- 13. The biosphere : ecosystems and biological communities -- 14. Toxic effects on organisms and toxicological chemistry -- 15. Bioproductivity for a greener future -- 16. The anthrosphere as part of the global environment -- 17. Industrial ecology for sustainable resource utilization -- 18. Adequate, sustainable energy : key to sustainability.
ISBN
  • 0849395127 (alk. paper)
  • 9780849395123 (alk. paper.)
LCCN
2006047536
OCLC
  • ocm69672079
  • 69672079
  • SCSB-5295200
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries