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Bibliographic Information
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The environment : science, issues, and solutions
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Wali, Mohan K. .
- Publisher:
- CRC Press,
- Pub date:
- c2010.
- Pages:
- xxi, 619 p. :
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The environment : science, issues, and solutions
Wali, Mohan K. .
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Personal Author:
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Wali, Mohan K. .
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The environment : science, issues, and solutions / Mohan K. Wali, Fatih Evrendilek, M. Siobhan Fennessy.
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Publication info:
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Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2010.
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Physical description:
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xxi, 619 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
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Contents:
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The environment and the nature of scientific enquiry -- Biosphere and the science of ecology -- Atmosphere, climate, and organisms -- The soil environment -- The aquatic environment -- Biogeochemical cycling of materials -- Energy flows and ecosystem productivity -- Population ecology -- Community ecology and succession -- Biomes : the major ecosystems of the world -- Human population growth -- Land use : agriculture -- Land use : forest resources -- Land use : mining for mineral and coal resources -- Land use : urbanization and transportation -- Water resources : quantity and quality -- Fuel energy -- Air quality and stratospheric ozone -- The greenhouse effect and climate change -- Biological diversity loss and the march of invasive species -- Environmental policy and law -- Economic systems, growth, and development -- Environmental management -- Restoration of disturbed ecosystems -- Conservation of biological diversity and natural resources -- Sustainable development.
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Subject term:
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Environmental education. .
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Subject term:
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Environmental sciences--Study and teaching (Higher) --)
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Subject term:
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Interdisciplinary research. .
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Added Entry-Personal Name:
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Evrendilek, Fatih. .
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Fennessy, M. Siobhan. .
