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Environmental Science: Living Within The System of Nature, 3/E
Charles E. Kupchella, Western Kentucky University
Margaret C. Hyland

ISBN-10: 0132827409
ISBN-13: 9780132827409

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1993
Format: Cloth; 656 pp
Published: 11/30/1992

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This book presents a sophisticated discussion of basic ecological principles and environmental problems which focuses readers to evaluate issues critically and provides them with the tools and information to do so.

  • Career Profiles at the ends of selected chapters highlight professionals in environmentally-related areas.
  • features strong global orientation which examines environmental problems fully, taking into account their economic, social, political, ethical, and legal aspects.
  • presents a balanced treatment of controversial topics, encouraging users to analyze issues and formulate their own conclusions; New Ethics Boxes facilitate discussion of different viewpoints.
  • reflects changing issues: analysis of Chernobyl accident and the status of nuclear power worldwide; divides coverage of pesticides and hazardous materials, solid waste and environmental cancer into two separate chapters; fully analyzes Exxon Valdez oil spill and current topics such as old growth forests vs. the spotted owl in western North America; expanded discussion of low-input, sustainable agriculture and the impact of biotechnology on agriculture.

I. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY

 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.

II. HOMO SAPIENS IN THE SCHEME OF NATURAL THINGS

 6. Energy in Human Affairs.

 7. Mineral and Water Resources.

 8. Population, Food, and Hunger.

III. THE IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT

 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 Problems of Persistent Hazardous Materials in the Ecosphere.

17. Waste Disposal in the Ecosphere.

18. Cancer and the Environment.

IV. POINTS OF VIEW

19. Human Institutions: Problems and Solutions.

20. From Problems to Promise: An Assessment.

Appendix: Think Metric.

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