The Environment: Principles and ApplicationsPsychology Press, 2001 - 660 pages The Environmentis a lively, comprehensive introduction for environmental study, explaining how the environment functions, how environmental systems relate, and the ways in which people and environment interact. Focusing particularly on the environmental impacts of human activities, the book explains the ways in which an understanding of basic physical principles can help us to use the environment and its resources. |
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Principles and Applications Chris C. Park. The Environment 2nd edition principles and applications Chris Park ROUT ROUTLEDGE Taylor & EDGE ancis Group London and New York First published 1997 by Routledge , an imprint of the.
... London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street , New York , NY 10001 Second edition published 2001 by Routledge Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group 2001 Chris Park ...
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Contents
Symptoms | 5 |
Environment in crisis | 11 |
Monitoring and analysis | 17 |
Global environmental change | 23 |
Summary | 30 |
Population and environment | 55 |
Environmental systems | 84 |
The sulphur cycle | 94 |
Global climate | 332 |
Subpolar and arctic climates | 340 |
The hydrological cycle | 379 |
Climate change | 410 |
Summary | 417 |
Water resource | 447 |
The biosphere | 521 |
Classification | 524 |
Spaceship Earth | 101 |
The lithosphere | 137 |
Volcanoes | 173 |
STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH | 179 |
Learning objectives 125 | 190 |
Weathering | 204 |
The atmosphere | 209 |
Atmospheric pressure and wind | 278 |
Erosion processes | 284 |
Summary | 291 |
Weather systems | 297 |
The Earths energy budget 235 | 303 |
Air pollution 241 | 309 |
Summary | 318 |
ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES | 325 |
Climate | 326 |
Conservation | 539 |
Ocean currents 479 | 547 |
Importance of the coast 496 | 567 |
Ecosystems succession and biomes | 569 |
Coastal management 504 | 574 |
Further reading | 580 |
THE BIOSPHERE | 586 |
Learning objectives | 593 |
Soil | 595 |
Soil formation and profiles | 600 |
Managing soil resources | 608 |
Future prospects | 623 |
Reflections | 627 |
Land evaluation | 631 |