Instructor's Manual to Chris Park's The Environment

ISBN-13: 9780415166638 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 160 str.

Chris Park; Greg Lewis;Lewis Greg

Opis

The very survival of the planet is at risk: human misuse of natural resources and disturbance of natural environmental systems is pushing the Earth to the limits of its capacity. This text is a comprehensive introduction for environmental study, explaining how the environment functions, how environmental systems relate, and the ways in which people and environment interact. Focussing particularly on the environmental impacts of human activities, the book explains the ways in which an understanding of basic physical principles can help us to use the environment and its resources. Three particular approaches are adopted throughout: a systems approach - highlighting the interactions and interrelationships between the environment's diverse parts; an interdisciplinary perspective - stepping back from individual subject focus to examine the complex breadth of the environment's diversity; and a global perspective - incorporating stimulating examples drawn from around the world to illustrate broad global patterns and contrasts.

Spis treści

Introduction 1 Environment in crisis 2 Environmental systems 3 Spaceship Earth 4 Structure of the Earth 5 Dynamic Earth 6 Earth materials 7 The atmosphere 8 Atmospheric processes 9 Weather systems 10 Climate 11 The hydrological cycle 12 Water resources 13 Drylands 14 Cold and ice 15 Oceans and coasts 16 The biosphere 17 Ecosystems, succession and biomes 18 Soil 19 Reflections 20 Assessment ideas

O autorze

Greg Lewis