TY - BOOK AU - Wali,Mohan K. AU - Evrendilek,Fatih AU - Fennessy,M.Siobhan TI - The environment: science, issues, and solutions SN - 780849373879 PY - 2010/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press KW - Environmental education KW - Environmental sciences KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - Interdisciplinary research N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -