00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-1685594773861741749 Buklod 20091120144346.0 a r |||| u| ta 190402s2009 xx ab rb |||1 0|eng d 9789712721243 (iLib)UPBAG-00006950224 BC-58129 Php695.50 DLC DML BAG rda eng GE 110 G34 2009 Galang, Angelina P. author. The Philippine environment in the ecozoic age principles of environmental science in the Philippine setting Angelina P. Galang. Pasig City Published and exclusively distributed by Anvil Publishing [2009] xi, 227 pages, 16 unnumbered pages illustrations (some color), maps 26 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-227) and index. Environmental science: starting a journey from origins to destiny -- Environmental Science -- Irony of the human vantage point -- Ecosystems: the fundamental design for life -- The ecosystem -- Biomes -- Terrestrial biomes -- Montane biomes -- Life zones -- Extreme ecosystems -- Ecosystems ecology and the symphony of life-forms on planet earth -- Biotic components and trophic relationships -- Other relationships -- Biogeochemical cycles and the biosphere -- Dynamic nature of ecosystems -- Ecological functions of ecosystems -- Earth ecosystems -- Evolution of GAIA -- Biosphere and noosphere: constant evolution -- Human cultural evolution: underpinnings -- Interplay of significant factors in cultural evolution -- Hunting-gathering or the paleolithic: First technological stage -- Technology: development of agriculture and its great dilemmas -- The coming of agriculture -- Agri developments: social changes -- Agri developments and political changes -- Agri developments and economic changes -- Sustainable systems: experiences -- The apex of technology in the industrial revolution and its natural backlash -- The advent of industrialization -- Changing the world: the impact of fuels -- Three conventional sources of power -- Nine non-conventional sources of power and other uses -- Changing the world: the impact of synthetic chemicals -- Environmental impact -- The culture of economics: shaking the earth -- Economics -- The main economic systems -- Conventional economic systems: environmental impact -- Ecological economic systems: shifting paradigms -- Ecozolic age: the imperative of sustainable development -- The culture of politics: dominance at the cost of the planet -- Politics -- Political and economic power -- Hope in the Philippine laws -- War- The most destructive political intervention -- Worldviews -- The population factor and earths's carrying capacity -- Global population growth -- Population and ecological footprint -- The case of the Philippines -- Living in today's soil and land: unhealthy and inhospitable ground -- Soil and land: Characteristics and threats -- Soil and land: availability and productivity -- The Philippine situation -- Today's waterless specter: What planet? -- Global distribution of water -- The Philippine situation -- Pollution today: prospects of an airless, wasted, burning planet -- Toxic substances -- hazardous substances -- Ecologically dangerous substances -- Mineral resources: a one-way street -- Indispensable, non-renewable resources -- Petroleum -- Metals -- Biodiversity: the best things in life are a free; where have all the flowers gone -- Connecting with life on earth -- The need for million of species -- Loss of biodiversity -- Reasons for extinction -- Philippine biodiversity -- Noospheric challenge: from dominance to stewardship -- A science-based practical guide -- The way forward -- Noosphere change: national framework for action -- Beyond survival -- Sustainable development -- Changes in thinking: national framework for action -- At the Philippine tipping point: painful decision-making -- Weighing alternatives -- Noosphere change: international framework action -- Changes in thinking international framework for action -- World cooperation for leadership: the family of nations -- Noosphere acceptance of the environmental dimension measures of development -- Measuring development -- Noosphere destiny and a planet in peril. Environmental sciences Popular works. Environmental sciences Textbooks. Environmental sciences Philippines Textbooks. Environmental sciences Study and teaching Philippines. Philippines Environmental conditions. FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN GE 110 G34 2009 Book