03620nam a22004214a 4500 EBC200091 MiAaPQ 20250821095503.0 m o d | cr cnu|||||||| 030723s2004 enkab ob 001 0 eng Uk 9780203647448 (electronic bk.) 9780415268639 (print) (MiAaPQ)EBC200091 (Au-PeEL)EBL200091 (CaPaEBR)ebr10098874 (CaONFJC)MIL402613 (OCoLC)228309017 MiAaPQ eng rda pn MiAaPQ MiAaPQ GE140 .K48 2004 363.7 22 43.47 bcl Kemp, David D., 1943- 67326 Exploring environmental issues [electronic resource] : an integrated approach / David D. Kemp. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004. xvii, 444 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. 420-432) and index. 1. The environment and the history of environmental concerns -- The environment and its components -- Society and environment -- The environmental movement -- Environmental issues and the environmental movement in the twentieth century -- Summary and conclusion -- 2. The physical environment -- Lithosphere -- Atmosphere -- Hydrosphere -- Summary and conclusion -- 3. The biosphere : the living environment -- Soil -- Plants and animals in the biosphere -- Ecosystems and biomes -- Summary and conclusion -- 4. Demography and world population growth -- Population ecology -- The earth's human population -- Stages of world population growth -- The demographic transition and the environment -- World population growth and trends -- Summary and conclusion -- 5. Society, resources, technology and the environment -- Resources -- Conservation, preservation and sustainability -- The role of technology -- Summary and conclusion -- 6. Human use of the land and its environmental consequences -- Threats to the land resource -- Pressure on land : resource extraction and depletion -- Pressure on land : infrastructure and waste disposal -- Summary and conclusion -- 7. Threats to wildlife and plants -- Wilderness -- Habitat destruction -- Loss of biodiversity -- Summary and conclusion -- 8. Threats to the availability and quality of water -- Water use -- Water availability -- Water quality -- Water pollution : sources, impacts and solutions -- Pollution in the oceans -- Summary and conclusion -- 9. Drought, famine and desertification -- Drought -- Famine -- Desertification -- Summary and conclusion -- 10. Air pollution and acid rain -- The constituents of the atmosphere and air pollution -- Urban air pollution -- Acid precipitation -- Summary and conclusion -- 11. Ozone depletion and global warming -- Ozone depletion -- Global warming -- Summary and conclusion -- 12. Problems, prospects and solutions -- Current perceptions of the state of the environment -- Business as usual, adaptation or prevention? -- International cooperation -- Is sustainable development the answer? Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. Environmental degradation. 67327 Nature Effect of human beings on. 67328 Human ecology. 35100 Electronic books. 35142 ProQuest (Firm) 67329 ProQuest (Firm) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=200091 Click to View 225694 225694