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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... 16 Oceans and coasts Part V The biosphere 17 The biosphere 18 Ecosystems , succession and biomes 19 Soil Part VI Reflections 20 Retrospect and prospect Contents List of colour plates Population size and growth 40 Brief Contents.
... growth 40 List of black and white plates Population growth 42 List of figures The demographic transition 43 List of tables Population distribution List of boxes World population 44 Preface Urban growth 47 Acknowledgements Carrying ...
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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 |