Ecoscience :
Ehrlich, Paul R.
Ecoscience : population, resources, environment / Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, John P. Holdren. - San Francisco : W. H. Freeman, 1977. - xv, 1051 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
First-2d ed. published under title: Population, resources, environment.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Chapter 1. Population, Resources, Environment: Dimensions of the Human Predicament --
Section I. Natural Processes and Human Well-Being --
Chapter 2. The Physical World --
Chapter 3. Nutrient Cycles --
Chapter 4. Populations and Ecosystems --
Section II. Population and Renewable Resources --
Chapter 5. The History and Future of the Human Population --
Chapter 6. Land, Water, and Forests --
Chapter 7. A Hungry World --
Section III. Energy and Materials --
Chapter 8. Energy --
Chapter 9. Materials --
Section IV. Understanding Environmental Disruption --
Chapter 10. Direct Assaults on Well-Being --
Chapter 11. Disruption of Ecological Systems --
Section V. The Human Predicament: Finding a Way Out --
Chapter 12. Humanity at the Crossroads --
Chapter 13. Population Policies --
Chapter 14. Changing American Institutions --
Chapter 15. Rich Nations, Poor Nations, and International Conflict --
Chapter 16. Summary --
Appendix 2. World Demography --
Appendix 2. Food and Nutrition --
Appendix 3. Pesticides --
Appendix 4. Reproduction and Birth Control.
A comprehensive introduction to basic ecological principlees. Offers an expanded treatment of raw materials; a major section is devoted to energy problems; new coverage is given to geophysical and climatological aspects of the environment; and a provocative discussion of the possiblities of social, political, and economic change is also included.
0716705672. 0716700298 (pbk.)
Population.
Pollution.
Human ecology.
Resources naturalness.
Ecology.
Environnement.
304.6 EHR / 006589
Ecoscience : population, resources, environment / Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, John P. Holdren. - San Francisco : W. H. Freeman, 1977. - xv, 1051 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
First-2d ed. published under title: Population, resources, environment.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Chapter 1. Population, Resources, Environment: Dimensions of the Human Predicament --
Section I. Natural Processes and Human Well-Being --
Chapter 2. The Physical World --
Chapter 3. Nutrient Cycles --
Chapter 4. Populations and Ecosystems --
Section II. Population and Renewable Resources --
Chapter 5. The History and Future of the Human Population --
Chapter 6. Land, Water, and Forests --
Chapter 7. A Hungry World --
Section III. Energy and Materials --
Chapter 8. Energy --
Chapter 9. Materials --
Section IV. Understanding Environmental Disruption --
Chapter 10. Direct Assaults on Well-Being --
Chapter 11. Disruption of Ecological Systems --
Section V. The Human Predicament: Finding a Way Out --
Chapter 12. Humanity at the Crossroads --
Chapter 13. Population Policies --
Chapter 14. Changing American Institutions --
Chapter 15. Rich Nations, Poor Nations, and International Conflict --
Chapter 16. Summary --
Appendix 2. World Demography --
Appendix 2. Food and Nutrition --
Appendix 3. Pesticides --
Appendix 4. Reproduction and Birth Control.
A comprehensive introduction to basic ecological principlees. Offers an expanded treatment of raw materials; a major section is devoted to energy problems; new coverage is given to geophysical and climatological aspects of the environment; and a provocative discussion of the possiblities of social, political, and economic change is also included.
0716705672. 0716700298 (pbk.)
Population.
Pollution.
Human ecology.
Resources naturalness.
Ecology.
Environnement.
304.6 EHR / 006589