03620nam a22004214a 4500001001000000003000700010005001700017006001900034007001500053008004100068016000700109020003600116020002700152035002200179035002300201035002500224035002300249035002100272040004100293050002100334082001400355084001500369100003400384245010200418260004400520300003200564504006400596505209000660590014702750650003802897650004602935650002602981655002903007710002703036797002003063856009603083999001903179EBC200091MiAaPQ20250821095503.0m     o  d |      cr cnu||||||||030723s2004    enkab   ob    001 0 eng  7 2Uk  a9780203647448q(electronic bk.)  z9780415268639q(print)  a(MiAaPQ)EBC200091  a(Au-PeEL)EBL200091  a(CaPaEBR)ebr10098874  a(CaONFJC)MIL402613  a(OCoLC)228309017  aMiAaPQbengerdaepncMiAaPQdMiAaPQ 4aGE140b.K48 20040 a363.7222  a43.472bcl1 aKemp, David D.,d1943-96732610aExploring environmental issuesh[electronic resource] :ban integrated approach /cDavid D. Kemp.  aLondon ;aNew York :bRoutledge,c2004.  axvii, 444 p. :bill., maps.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 420-432) and index.0 a1. 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?  aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 0aEnvironmental degradation.967327 0aNaturexEffect of human beings on.967328 0aHuman ecology.935100 4aElectronic books.9351422 aProQuest (Firm)9673292 aProQuest (Firm)40uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=200091zClick to View  c225694d225694