Environmental science : living within the system of nature / Charles E. Kupchella, Margaret C. Hyland
Imprint
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1993
Edition
3rd ed
Descript
xxvii, 579 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
CONTENT
1. The framework of ecology -- 2. Energy in ecosystems -- 3. Material cycles in living systems -- 4. Populations and communities -- 5. Evolution and ecology: the emergence of the ecosphere -- 6. Energy in human affairs -- 7. Mineral and water resouces -- 8. Population, food, and hunger -- 9. Air pollutants and their sources -- 10. The effects of air pollution -- 11. Control of air pollution -- 12. Water pollution -- 13. Land use and land misuse -- 14. Wildlife, wilderness, and other biological resources -- 15. Noise as an air pollutant -- 16. The problem of persistent Hazardous materials in the ecosphere -- 17. Waste disposal in the ecosphere -- 18. Cancer and the environment -- 19. Human institutions: problems and soliutions -- 20. From problems to promise: an assessment