Title: Environmental geography : science, land use, and earth systems /
Authors: Marsh, William M.; Grossa, John.
Publisher: J. Wiley,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Environmental geography.
Abstract: "Offering a true geographic approach to environmental issues, this Third Edition of William Marsh and John Grossa's ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY: SCIENCE, LAND USE, AND EARTH SYSTEMS examines human-related environmental issues in the context of the processes and systems of physical geography. Throughout, the authors emphasize traditional themes of geography, such as the concept of an integrated planet; the principles of space, scale, and distributions; the idea of landscape as a human-environmental interplay; and the perspective of earth as a dynamic planet with many environmental opportunities, constraints, and risks."--Publisher description.
Contents: 1. A World in Crisis: Environment and Humanity in the 21st Century --- 2. Preparing to Understand Environmental Geography --- 3. Environment, Land Use and Sustainable Development --- 4. The Spread and Development of Human Population --- 5. Global Cycles and Systems --- 6. Ecosystems and the Bioclimatic Environment --- 7. The Human Population: Trends and Patterns --- 8. Agriculture, Food Production and Hunger --- 9. Energy Generation, Use, and the Environment --- 10. Atmospheric Environment and Land Use --- 11. Air Population: Patterns, Trends and Impacts --- 12. Hydrologic Environment and Land Use --- 13. Water Pollution: Patterns, Trends and Impacts --- 14. Hazardous Waste Production and Disposal --- 15. Soil, Land and Land Use --- 16. Biological Diversity and Land Use --- 17. Open-Land Resources:_ Forests, Rangelands, Parks and Preserves --- 18. Managing the Global Environment --- Appendices.