Research Catalog

Title

Environmental science : working with the Earth / G. Tyler Miller, Jr.

Author

Miller, G. Tyler (George Tyler), 1931-

Publication

Belmont : Wadsworth Pub. Co., ©1997.

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Details

Description

xviii, 517, A14 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 29 cm.

Series Statement

Wadsworth biology series

Uniform Title

Wadsworth biology series

Subject

• Environmental sciences
• Human ecology
• Environmental protection
• environmental sciences
• human ecology
• environmental protection

Genre/Form

Textbooks.

Note

• "The Annenberg/CPB collection"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Environmental Problems and Their Causes -- 2. Cultural Changes, Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability -- 3. Science, Matter, and Energy -- 4. Ecosystems and How They Work -- 5. Ecosystems: What Are the Major Types, and What Can Happen to Them? -- 6. The Human Population -- 7. Environmental Economics and Politics -- 8. Risk, Toxicology, and Human Health -- 9. Air and Air Pollution -- 10. Climate, Global Warming, and Ozone Loss -- 11. Water -- 12. Minerals and Soil -- 13. Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste -- 14. Food Resources -- 15. Protecting Food Resources: Pesticides and Pest Control -- 16. Sustaining Ecosystems: Forests, Rangelands, Parks, and Wilderness -- 17. Sustaining Wild Species -- 18. Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- 19. Nonrenewable Energy Resources.

ISBN

• 053450616X
• 9780534506162

LCCN

95042369

OCLC

• ocm33334781
• 33334781
• SCSB-8873289

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library