Environmental science : earth as a living planet / Daniel B. Botkin, Edward A. Keller with assistance from Dorothy B. Rosenthal ... [et al.].

Contents
Part I. Environment as an Idea
1. Basic Issues in Environmental Science.
2. Thinking Critically about the Environment.

Part II. Earth as A system
3. Systems and Change.
4. The Biogeochemical Cycles.

Part III. Life and The Environment
5. The Human Population as an Environmental Problem.
6. Ecosystems and Ecosystem Management.
7. Biological Diversity and Biogeography.
8. Biological Productivity and Energy Flow.
9. Succession and Restoration: How Ecosystems Respond to Disturbance

The Earth Biomes
Part IV. Sustaining Living Resources

10. World Food Supply.
11. Effects of Agriculture on the Environment.
12. Wildlife, Fisheries, and Endangered Species.
13. Landscapes and Seascape
14. Environmental Health, Pollution, and Toxicology.

Part V. Energy
15. Energy: Some Basics.
16. Fossil Fuels and the Environment.
17. Alternative Energy and the Environment.
18. Nuclear Energy and the Environment.

Part VI. Water Environment
19. Water Supply, Use, and Management.
20. Water Pollution and Treatment.

Part VII. Air Environment
21. The Atmosphere, Climate, and Global Warming.
22. Air Pollution.
23. Indoor Air Pollution.
24. Ozone Depletion.

part VIII> Environment and Society
25. Environmental Economics.
26. Urban Environments.
27. Waste Management.
28. Minerals and the Environment.
29. Environmental Impact and Planning
30. Integrating Values and Knowledge

Includes bibliographical references and index.