... Barry Perlmutter, College of Southern Nevada; Carolyn J. Peters, Spoon River College; Rodney Peterson, Colorado State University; Julie Phillips, De Anza College; John Pichtel, Ball State University; William S. Pierce, Case Western ...
Environmental Science: Sustainability for the 21st Century
By 1996, The number of spills had doubled, resulting in 670,000 dead fish (U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, 1997). The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimated That animal feedlots contributed To the impairment of ...
Environmental Science
In the course of his studies of anthrax and tuberculosis, Robert Koch (1882, 1884, 1893), a German physician and bacteriologist, formulated four postulates (i.e., four criteria for judging whether a given bacterium is the cause of a ...
David Rittenhouse Inglis : Nuclear Energy : Its Physics and Its Social Challenge . Reading , MA , Addison - Wesley Publishing Co. , 1973. 395 pp . Specific discussion of nuclear hazards may be found in : Geoffrey G. Eicholz ...
Two excellent books that integrate social and technical aspects of the problems of nuclear energy are : David Rittenhouse Inglis : Nuclear Energy : Its Physics and Its Social Challenge . Reading , Mass . , Addison - Wesley Publishing ...
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Unlike any other introductory environmental science text, Kaufmann/Cleveland takes a fresh approach to the subject in that they intertwine social science (i.e. economic systems and policy) with the natural sciences (i.e. energy) throughout ...
The diversity of life, how living things interact with the environment, biomes, energy, water resources, pollution, feeding the world, and protecting biodiversity are all carefully presented in this appealing new text.
Are we already in trouble? Can we take corrective action before is too late? These are important questions , and to answer them will take the rest of this text.
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Pugh , Cedric . 1996. Sustainability , The Environment and Urbanization . London : Earthscan . Sustainable city design in Europe . Rabinovitch , Jonas , and Josef Leitman . 1996 . " Urban Planning in Curitiba , " Scientific American 274 ...
Based primarily on data found in Letcher, R .C . & Scheil, M .T . (1986) . ... Environmental Benefits Aluminum Steel Paper Glass Reduction in energy use 90% to 97% 47% to 74% 23% to 74% 4% to 32% Reduction in air pollution 95% 85% 74% ...
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Winner at the 46th Annual New England Book Show (2003) in the "College Books" category!Environmental Science: Creating a Sustainable Future introduces students to the root causes of the environmental crisis...
This book presents the current aspects of environmental issues in view of chemical processes particularly with respect to two facets: social sciences along with chemistry and natural sciences.
The authors reinforce the text's central theme of "interrelationships" by providing a historical perspective, information on economic and political realities, discuss the role of different social experiences, and integrate this with the ...
First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Completely updated, the ninth edition of 'Environmental Science' enlightens students on the fundamental causes of the current environmental crisis and offers ideas on how we, as a global community, can create a sustainable future.