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990203s2000 cauab b 001 0 eng |
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053456268X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0534562698 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0534376088 |
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9780534376086 |
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BUL |
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BUL |
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BUL |
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Eng |
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rda |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
363.7 |
| Edition number |
22 |
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MIL |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Miller, G. Tyler |
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(George Tyler), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1931- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Living in the environment : |
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principles, connections, and solutions / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
G. Tyler Miller, Jr. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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11th edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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Australia: |
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Brooks/Cole, |
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c2000. |
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1 v. (various pagings) : |
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ill. (some col.), col maps ; |
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29 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
<br/><br/>CONTENT<br/>PART I: ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES<br/><br/>1: Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability<br/>1.1 Living Sustainably<br/>1.2 Growth and the Wealth Gap<br/>1.3 Resources<br/>1.4 Pollution<br/>1.5 Environmental and Resources Problem: Causes and Connections<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>2: CRITICAL THINKING: SCIENCE, MODELS, AND SYSTEMS<br/>2.1 Science, Technology, and Environmental Science<br/>2.2 Systems and System Models<br/>2.3 Some Basic Components and Behaviors of System Models<br/>2.4 Some Behaviors of Complex Systems<br/><br/>3: MATTER AND ENERGY RESOURCES: TYPES AND CONCEPTS<br/>3.1 Matter: Forms, Structure, and Quality<br/>3.2 Energy: Forms and Quality<br/>3.3 Physical and Chemical Changes and the Law of Conservation of Matter<br/>3.4 Nuclear Changes<br/>3.5 The Two Ironclad Laws of Energy<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>PART II: ECOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES<br/><br/>4:ECOLOGY, ECOSYSTEMS, AND FOOD WEBS<br/>4.1 Ecology and Life<br/>4.2 Earth's Life-Support Systems <br/>4.3 Ecosystem Concepts<br/>4.4 Food Webs and Energy Flow in Ecosystems<br/>4.5 How Do Ecologists Learn About Ecosystems?<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>5: NUTRIENT CYCLES AND SOILS<br/>5.1 Matter Cycling in Ecosystems<br/>5.2 The Water Cycle<br/>5.3 The Carbon Cycle<br/>5.4 The Nitrogen Cycle<br/>5.5 The Phosphorus Cycle<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>6: EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY: ORIGINS, NICHES, AND ADAPTATION<br/>6.1 Major Types of Life on the Earth<br/>6.2 Origins of Life<br/>6.3 Evolution and Adaptation<br/>6.4 Adaptation and the Ecological Niche<br/>6.5 Speciation, Extinction, and Biodiversity<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>7: GEOGRAPHICAL ECOLOGY, CLIMATE, AND BIOMES<br/>7.1 Weather and Climate: A Brief Introduction<br/>7.2 Biomes: Climate and Life on Land<br/>7.3 Desert Biomes<br/>7.4 Grassland, Tundra, and Chaparral Biomes<br/>7.5 Forest Biomes<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>8: AQUATIC ECOLOGY<br/>8.1 Limiting Factors in Aquatic Environments<br/>8.2 Saltwater Life Zones<br/>8.3 Freshwater Life Zones<br/>8.4 Sustainability of Aquatic Ecosystems<br/><br/>9: COMMUNITY PROCESSES: SPECIES INTERACTIONS AND SUCCESSION<br/>9.1 The Ecological Niche<br/>9.2 Some General Types of Species<br/>9.3 Species Interactions: Competition and Predation<br/>9.4 Symbiotic Species Interactions: Parasitism, Mutualism, and Commensalism<br/>9.5 Ecosystem Structure and Ecological Succession<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>10: POPULATION DYNAMICS, CARRYING CAPACITY, AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY<br/>10.1 Characteristics of Populations<br/>10.2 Population Dynamics and Carrying Capacity<br/>10.3 Reproductive Strategies and Survival<br/>10.4 Conservation Biology<br/>10.5 Human Impacts on Ecosystems: Learning from Nature<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>PART III: HUMAN POPULATION, RESOURCES, AND SUSTAINABILITY<br/><br/>11: HUMAN POPULATION: GROWTH, DEMOGRAPHY, AND CARRYING CAPACITY<br/>11.1 Factors Affecting Human Population Size<br/>11.2 Population Age Structure<br/>11.3 Solutions: Influencing Population Size<br/>11.4 Case Studies: Slowing Population Growth in India and China<br/>11.5 Cutting Global Population Growth and Sustainability<br/><br/>12: FOOD RESOURCES<br/>12.1 How is Food Produced?<br/>12.2 World Food Problems and Challenges<br/>12.3 Increasing World Food Production<br/>12.4 Catching or Raising more Fish<br/>12.5 Agricultural Policy, Food Aid, and Land Reform<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>13: WATER<br/>13.1 Supply, Renewal, and Use of Water Resources<br/>13.2 Too Little Water<br/>13.3 Using Dams and Reservoirs to Supply More Water<br/>13.4 Transferring Water from One Place to Another<br/>13.5 Trapping Groundwater and Converting Salt Water to Fresh Water<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>14: MINERAL AND SOIL RESOURCES<br/>14.1 Geologic Processes<br/>14.2 Finding and Removing Nonrenewable Mineral Resources<br/>14.3 Estimating Supplies of Nonrenewable Mineral Resources<br/>14.4 Increasing Mineral Resource Supplies<br/>14.5 Environmental Effects of Extracting and Using Mineral Resources<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>15: NONRENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES<br/>15.1 Evaluating Energy Resources<br/>15.2 Oil<br/>15.3 Natural Gas<br/>15.4 Coal<br/>15.5 Nuclear Energy<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>16: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES<br/>16.1 The Importance of Improving Energy Efficiency<br/>16.2 Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency<br/>16.3 Direct Use of Solar Energy for Heat and Electricity<br/>16.4 Producing Electricity from Moving Water and from Heat Stored in Water<br/>16.5 Producing Electricity from Wind<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>PART IV: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND POLLUTION<br/><br/>17: RISK, TOXICOLOGY, AND HAUMAN HEALTH<br/>17.1 Risks and Hazards<br/>17.2 Toxicology<br/>17.3 Chemical Hazards<br/>17.4 Physical Hazards: Earthquakes, Volcanic Eruptions, and Ionizing Radiation<br/>17.5 Biological Hazards<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>18: AIR POLLUTION<br/>18.1 The Atmosphere<br/>18.2 Urban Outdoor Air Pollution from Smog<br/>18.3 Regional Outdoor Air Pollution from Acid Depositions<br/>18.4 Indoor Air Pollution<br/>18.5 Effects of Air Pollution on Living Organisms and Materials<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>19: GLOBAL WARMING AND OZONE LOSS<br/>19.1 The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming<br/>19.2 Global warming or a Lot of Hot Air: How Serious is the Threat?<br/>19.3 Some Possible Effects of a Wormer World<br/>19.4 Solutions: Dealing with the Threat of Global Warming<br/>19.5 Ozone Depletion: Is it a Serious Threat?<br/><br/>20: WATER POLLUTION<br/>20.1 Types and Sources of Water Pollution<br/>20.2 Pollution of Stream and Lakes<br/>20.3 Ocean Pollution<br/>20.4 Solution: Preventing and Reducing Surface-Water Pollution<br/>20.5 Groundwater Pollution and Its Prevention<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>21: PROTECTING FOOD RESOURCES: PESTICIDES AND PEST CONTROL<br/>21.1 Pesticides: Types and Uses<br/>21.2 The Case for Pesticides<br/>21.3 The Case Against Pesticides<br/>21.4 Pesticide Regulation in the United States<br/>21.5 Solutions: Other Ways to Control Pests<br/><br/>22: SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE<br/>22.1 Wasting Resources: The High-Waste Approach<br/>22.2 Producing Less Waste and Pollution: Reducing Throughput<br/>22.3 Reuse<br/>22.4 Recycling<br/>22.5 Case Studies: Recycling Aluminum Wastepaper, and Plastics<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>PART V: LAND USE BIODIVERSITY, AND CONSERVATION<br/><br/>23: SUSTAINING ECOSYSTEMS: LAND USE, CONSERVATION, AND MANAGEMENT<br/>23.1 Land Use, Conservation, and Public Health in the United States: 1400-1960<br/>23.2 The Environmental Movement in the United States: 1960-1998<br/>23.3 Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, and Ecological Integrity<br/>23.4 Public Lands In the United States<br/>23.5: Managing and Sustaining Rangelands<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>24: SUSTAINING ECOSYSTEMS: DEFORESTATION, BIODIVERSITY, AND FOREST MANAGEMENT<br/>24.1 Forests: Types and Importance<br/>24.2 Old-Growth Deforestation in the United States and Canada<br/>24.3 Tropical Deforestation and Loss of Biodiversity<br/>24.4 Managing and Sustaining Forests<br/>24.5 Solutions: Reducing Tropical Deforestation and Fuel wood Shortages<br/><br/>25: SUSTAINING WILD SPECIES <br/>25.1 Why Preserve Wild Species?<br/>25.2 The Rise and Fall of Species<br/>25.3 Causes of Depletion and Premature Extinction of Wild Species<br/>25.4 Solution: Protecting Wild Species from Depletion and Extinction<br/>25.5 Wildlife Management<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>26: SUSTAINABLE CITIES: URBAN LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT<br/>26.1 Urbanization and Growth<br/>26.2 Urban Resources and Environmental Problems<br/>26.3 Transportation and Urban Development<br/>26.4 Urban-Land Use Planning and Control<br/>26.5 Solutions: Making Urban Areas More Livable and Sustainable<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>27: PART VI: ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY<br/>27.1 Economic Goods, Resources, and Systems<br/>27.2 Economic Growth and External Costs<br/>27.3 Solutions: Using Economics to Improve Environmental Quality<br/>27.4 Solutions: Reducing Poverty<br/>27.5 Solutions: Converting to Earth-Sustaining Economics<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>28: POLITICS AND ENVIRONMENT<br/>28.1 Politics and Environmental Policy<br/>28.2 Influencing Environmental Policy<br/>28.3 Environmental Groups<br/>28.4 The Anti-Environmental Movement<br/>28.5 Evaluating Claims of Environmentalists and Anti-Environmentalists<br/>Etc.<br/><br/>29: ENVIRONMENTAL WORLDVIEWS, ETHICS, AND SUSTAINABILITY<br/>29.1 Environmental Worldviews in Industrial Societies<br/>29.2 Life-Centered and Earth-Centered Environmental Worldviews<br/>29.3 Solutions: Living Sustainably<br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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Includes bibliographical references, Glossary G.1-14 and index 11-116<br/><br/><br/> |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Environmental sciences. |
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Human ecology. |
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Environmental policy. |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Book Open Access |
| Edition |
11th ed. |
| Classification part |
363.7 |
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1 |
| Call number prefix |
MIL |
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363.7 MIL |
