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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... slope 375 Summary Further reading Channel equilibrium and change 376 Deltas 382 15 COLD AND ICE Summary Further reading Learning objectives 442 Cold environments 13 WATER RESOURCES Snow and ice 442 Learning objectives 386 Cold climates ...
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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 |