Research Catalog

Title

Environmental science : toward a sustainable future / Richard T. Wright, Bernard J. Nebel.

Author

Wright, Richard T., 1933-

Publication

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Education, Prentice Hall, c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Nebel, Bernard J.

Description

xxi, 681 p. : col. ill.; 29 cm.

Summary

Resource added for the Solar Energy Technology program 104824.

Subject

• Environmental sciences
• Sciences de l'environnement

Genre/Form

Textbooks

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 631-644) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 1. Introduction: Sustainability, Stewardship, and Sound Science -- 1.1. Global Environmental Picture -- 1.2. Three Unifying Themes -- Part 1. Ecosystems and How They Work -- 2. Ecosystems: What They Are -- 2.1. What Are Ecosystems? -- 2.2. Structure of Ecosystems -- 2.3. Global Biomes -- 2.4. Implications for Humans -- 3. Ecosystems: How They Work -- 3.1. Matter, Energy, and Life -- 3.2. Principles of Ecosystem Function -- 3.3. Implications for Humans -- 4. Ecosystems: Populations and Succession -- 4.1. Population Dynamics -- 4.2. Mechanisms of Population Equilibrium -- 4.3. Disturbance and Succession -- 4.4. Implications for Humans -- 5. Ecosystems and Evolutionary Change -- 5.1. Selection by the Environment -- 5.2. Selection of Traits and Genes -- 5.3. Changes in Species and Ecosystems -- 5.4. Plate Tectonics -- 5.5. Evolution in Perspective -- Part 2.
• 10. Production and Distribution of Food -- 10.1. Crops and Animals: Major Patterns of Food Production -- 10.2. Food Distribution and Trade -- 10.3. Hunger, Malnutrition, and Famine -- 11. Wild Species: Biodiversity and Protection -- 11.1. Value of Wild Species -- 11.2. Saving Wild Species -- 11.3. Biodiversity -- 12. Ecosystems as Resources -- 12.1. Biological Systems in a Global Perspecitve -- 12.2. Conservation and Preservation -- 12.3. Biomes and Ecosystems under Pressure -- 12.4. Public and Private Lands in the United States -- Part 4. Energy -- 13. Energy from Fossil Fuels -- 13.1. Energy Sources and Uses -- 13.2. Exploitation of Crude Oil -- 13.3. Other Fossil Fuels -- 13.4. Sustainable Energy Options -- 14. Nuclear Power: Promise and Problems -- 14.1. Nuclear Power: Dream or Delusion? -- 14.2. How Nuclear Power Works -- 14.3. Hazards and Costs of Nuclear Power -- ^ 14.4. More Advanced Reactors -- 14.5. Future of Nuclear Power -- 15. Renewable Energy -- 15.1. Principles of Solar Energy -- 15.2. Putting Solar Energy to Work -- 15.3. Indirect Solar Energy -- 15.4. Additional Renewable Energy Options -- 15.5. Policy for a Sustainable Energy Future -- Part 5. Pollution and Prevention -- 16. Environmental Hazards and Human Health -- 16.1. Links between Human Health and the Environment -- 16.2. Pathways of Risk -- 16.3. Risk Assessment -- 17. Pests and Pest Control -- 17.1. Need for Pest Control -- 17.2. Promises and Problems of the Chemical Approach -- 17.3. Alternative Pest Control Methods -- 17.4. Socioeconomic Issues in Pest Management -- 17.5. Public Policy -- 18. Water Pollution and Its Prevention -- 18.1. Water Pollution -- 18.2. Eutrophication -- 18.3. Sewage Management and Treatment -- 18.4. Public Policy -- 19. Municipal Solid Waste: Disposal and Recovery -- 19.1. Solid-Waste Problem -- 19.2. Solutions
• 19.3. Public Policy and Waste Management -- 20. Hazardous Chemicals: Pollution and Prevention -- 20.1. Toxicology and Chemical Hazards -- 20.2. History of Mismanagement -- 20.3. Cleaning Up the Mess -- 20.4. Management of New Wastes -- 20.5. Looking toward the Future -- 21. Atmosphere: Climate, Climate Change, and Ozone Depletion -- 21.1. Atmosphere and Weather -- 21.2. Climate -- 21.3. Global Climate Change -- 21.4. Depletion of the Ozone Layer -- 22. Atmospheric Pollution -- 22.1. Air Pollution Essentials -- 22.2. Major Air Pollutants and Their Impact -- 22.3. Sources of Pollutants -- 22.4. Acid Deposition -- 22.5. Bringing Air Pollution under Control -- 22.6. Taking Stock -- Part 6. Toward a Sustainable Future -- 23. Economics, Public Policy, and the Environment -- 23.1. Economics and Public Policy -- 23.2. Resources and the Wealth of Nations -- 23.3. Pollution and Public Policy -- 23.4. Benefit-Cost Analysis -- 23.5. Politics, the Public, and Public Policy -- 24. Sustainable Communities and Lifestyles -- 24.1. Urban Sprawl -- 24.2. Urban Blight -- 24.3. Moving toward Sustainable Communities -- 24.4. Epilogue -- Appendix A. Environmental Organizations -- Appendix B. Units of Measure -- Appendix C. Some Basic Chemical Concepts.

ISBN

0130325384

LCCN

^^2001021518

OCLC

• 46564977
• SCSB-10174666

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library