Environmental science sustaining the earth. - Miller, G. Tyler (George Tyler) 1931- (Belmont, Calif. Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1991)
Table of Contents: Part One. Humans and Nature: An Overview -- Chapter 1. Population, Resources, Environmental Degradation, and Pollution -- Chapter 2. Cultural Changes, Worldviews, Ethics, and Environment -- Part Two. Basic Concepts -- Chapter 3. Matter and Energy Resources: Types and Concepts -- Chapter 4. Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work? -- Chapter 5. Ecosystems: What Are The Major Types and What Can Happen to Them? -- Chapter 6. Human Population Dynamics: Growth, Urbanization, and Regulation -- Chapter 7. Environmental Economics and Politics -- Chapter 8. Hazards, Risk, and Human Health. -- Part Three. Air, Water, and Soil Resources -- Chapter 9. Air Resources and Air Pollution -- Chapter 10. Climate, Global Warming, Ozone Depletion, and Nuclear War: Ultimate Problems -- Chapter 11. Water Resources and Water Pollution -- Chapter 12. Soil Resources and Hazardous Waste -- Part Four. Living Resources: Chapter 13. Food Resources -- Chapter 14. Protecting Food Resources: Pesticides and Pest Control -- Chapter 15. Land Resources: Forests, Rangelands, Parks, And Wilderness -- Chapter 16. Wild Plant and Animal Resources. -- Part Five. Energy And Mineral Resources: Chapter 17. Perpetual and Renewable Energy Resources -- Chapter 18. Nonrenewable Energy Resources -- Chapter 19. Nonrenewable Mineral Resources and Solid Waste -- Epilogue. Achieving A Sustainable-Earth Society -- Appendixes -- Glossary -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Ecology; Human ecology; Natural resources; Pollution