Wali, Mohan K. <br/><br/>
The environment :  science, issues, and solutions / 
Mohan K. Wali, Fatih Evrendilek, M. Siobhan Fennessy 
 - Boca Raton :  CRC Press,  c2010 
 - xxi, 619 p. :  ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>The environment and the nature of scientific enquiry -- Biosphere and the science of ecology -- Atmosphere, climate, and organisms -- The soil environment -- The aquatic environment -- Biogeochemical cycling of materials -- Energy flows and ecosystem productivity -- Population ecology -- Community ecology and succession -- Biomes : the major ecosystems of the world -- Human population growth -- Land use : agriculture -- Land use : forest resources -- Land use : mining for mineral and coal resources -- Land use : urbanization and transportation -- Water resources : quantity and quality -- Fuel energy -- Air quality and stratospheric ozone -- The greenhouse effect and climate change -- Biological diversity loss and the march of invasive species -- Environmental policy and law -- Economic systems, growth, and development -- Environmental management -- Restoration of disturbed ecosystems -- Conservation of biological diversity and natural resources -- Sustainable development 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>780849373879 0849373875 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Environmental education<br/>Environmental sciences--Study and teaching (Higher)<br/>Interdisciplinary research