Essential Environmental StudiesThis volume contains 50 chapters that provide comprehensive and up-to-date information in a simple and lucid form. Coverage includes natural resources (energy, land, forests, water, food), conservation, biodiversity, pollution (air, water, soil, etc.) pollution prevention and remediation, social implications of pollution, environmental law and regulation, human exposure to pollutants, population growth, sustainability, and more. It also contains numerous illustrations, case studies, and sidebars. This book will be useful to readers in environmental science fields, even those with negligible bioscience backgrounds. |
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Contents
Multidisciplinary Nature of Environmental Studies | 3 |
Biological or Biotic Environment | 12 |
Global Concern | 22 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
acid agricultural air pollution algae aquatic areas atmosphere autotrophs bacteria biodiversity biogas biological biomass biosphere biosphere reserves biotic carbon carnivores cause cent chemical climate climax community conservation consumers consumption crops cyclone damage dams Decomposers degradation depletion disasters diseases diversity earth earthquake ecological ecosystem effects effluents elephant endangered endemic energy flow environmental extinction fauna fertilizers flood food chain fuel genetic global warming ground water growth habitat herbivores Himalayas hot spots human important increase India industrial lakes land landslides living Madhya Pradesh marine million minerals National Park natural resources nitrogen nuclear organisms Orissa oxygen ozone photosynthesis plant species plants and animals population Pradesh problems production programme protection radioactive rain rainwater harvesting Rajasthan region river sewage smog soil solar solid wastes sources sustainable development Tamil Nadu tiger trees trophic level tropical types Uttarakhand various vegetation water pollution watershed Western Ghats wetlands wild wildlife
Bibliographic information
| Title | Essential Environmental Studies |
| Editors | S.N. Panday, S.P. Misra |
| Publisher | Ane Books, 2008 |
| ISBN | 1420077465, 9781420077469 |
| Length | 764 pages |
| Subjects | › Nature / Ecology Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection Science / Environmental Science |
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