Environmental Science: The Natural Environment and Human Impact - Softcover

Jackson, Dr Andrew R.W.; Jackson, Dr Julie M.

 
9780582227095: Environmental Science: The Natural Environment and Human Impact

Synopsis

Provides a clear and authoritative introduction to environmental science equiping the reader with the fundamental concepts and vocabulary necessary to explore complex environmental phenomena and issues. There are two main parts. The first, "The Natural Environment" reviews the major attributes of the environment in the absence of human activity. The second part of the book, "Human impact on the Natural Environment" deals with the environmental consequences of both natural resource exploitation and the production of pollutants are explored in depth. The second part closes with a discussion of the principles and practice of waste management.

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'...the most successful introduction to the environmental sciences that I have yet seen.' (New Scientist)

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ISBN 10:  0582414458 ISBN 13:  9780582414457
Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2000
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