TY - BOOK AU - Ehrlich,Paul R. AU - Ehrlich,Anne H. AU - Holdren,John P. TI - Ecoscience: population, resources, environment SN - 0716705672. U1 - 304.6 EHR 23 PY - 1977/// CY - San Francisco PB - W. H. Freeman KW - Population KW - Pollution KW - Human ecology KW - Resources naturalness KW - Ecology KW - Environnement N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://openisbn.com/isbn/0716700298/ ER -