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The terrestrial biosphere : environmental change, ecosystem science, attitudes and values

Title
The terrestrial biosphere : environmental change, ecosystem science, attitudes and values / Steve Trudgill.
Author
Trudgill, Stephen T. (Stephen Thomas), 1947-
Publication
Harlow : Prentice Hall, 2001.

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Description
xx, 299 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
This text is a sharply focused module book which covers key environmental issues such as deforestation, soil resources, organic farming and ecosystems.
Series Statement
Understanding global environmental change
Uniform Title
Understanding global environmental change
Subject
  • Biosphere
  • Global environmental change
  • Global environmental change > Social aspects
  • Ecosystem management
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Biosphäre
  • Mensch
  • Umweltforschung
  • Umweltgefährdung
  • Umweltveränderung
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Pt. I. Concepts, attitudes and values -- Ch. 1. Introduction: ecology for people -- 1.1. Ecosystems, change, ecology and people -- 1.2. People's lives and ecosystems -- 1.3. Involvements with ecosystems -- 1.4. Ecology, social justice and sustainability -- Ch. 2. Are there any guiding principles from ecological science? -- 2.1. Science and environmental decision making -- 2.2. Can we be guided by "ecological principles"? -- 2.3. Ecological principles as value judgements -- Ch. 3. Ecosystems: the conceptual basis -- 3.1. What use is the ecosystem concept? -- 3.2. Renewable but unrepeatable -- 3.3. Conceptual models, science and attitudes to ecosystems -- 3.4. Questions -- Ch. 4. Ecosystems, society and environmental change -- 4.1. Societal goals and ecosystems -- 4.2. Environmental changes -- what is involved? -- 4.3. How does the biosphere react to change? -- 4.4. Are the changes seen as detrimental? -- Ch. 5. Wilderness, nature and gardens -- 5.1. Wilderness ecosystems -- 5.2. Wilderness and nature values -- 5.3. Managed ecosystems: nature reserves -- 5.4. Urban ecosystems and gardens -- Pt. II. Soil: a fundamental resource -- Ch. 6. Concepts of soil -- 6.1. The significance of soil -- 6.2. Soil renewability and sustainability -- 6.3. Soil erosion and soil formation -- 6.4. The legacy of the past -- Ch. 7. Soils and environmental change -- 7.1. Soil differentiation -- 7.2. Soils properties and processes -- 7.3. Sensitivity of soil properties and processes to environmental conditions -- Pt. III. Productive ecosystems -- Ch. 8. Domesticated and managed ecosystems -- 8.1. Domesticated and managed landscapes -- 8.2. Managed ecosystems: forests -- 8.3. Agricultural ecosystems and the environment -- 8.4. Sustainable agriculture -- 8.5. Organic farming -- 8.6. Decisions on land use type and land use practice -- Pt. IV. Conclusions -- Ch. 9. Conclusions: environmental change and ecosystem management -- attitudes and values -- 9.1. Thought and action.
  • 9.2. The search for meaning: from hot to beautiful and a plurality of meanings -- 9.3. So: how should we view nature? What do we do for the best -- how should we act -- what are we trying to achieve and what should we be guided by? Concepts and practices which enable and facilitate ecosystems and societies.
ISBN
  • 0582303478
  • 9780582303478
OCLC
  • ocm59565933
  • 59565933
  • SCSB-9621309
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library