Research and Markets: Environmental Science: Earth As a Living Planet, 6th Edition
Posted on: Thursday, 4 October 2007, 12:00 CDT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c70498) has announced the addition of Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet, 6th Edition to their offering.
For more than two decades, Botkin has been active in the application of ecological science to environmental management. Updated and revised to include the latest research in the field, the new Sixth Edition of Environmental Science continues to present a balanced analytical and interdisciplinary approach to the field. This approach equips readers with a solid scientific background in environmental science, so they can think through environmental issues and make their own decisions. Five central themes are weaved throughout the book: Human Population Growth, Sustainability, A Global Perspective, An Urban World, and Science and Values.
Author Info:
Daniel B. Botkin is President of The Center for the Study of Environment and Professor Emeritus of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara. From 1978 to 1993, he was Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, serving as Chairman of the Environmental Studies Program from 1978 to 1985. For more than three decades, Professor Botkin has been active in the application of ecological science to environmental management. He is the winner of the Mitchell International Prize for Sustainable Development and the Fernow Prize for International Forestry, and he has been elected to the California Environmental hall of Fame.
Trained in physics and biology, Professor Botkin is a leader in the application of advanced technology to the study of the environment. The originator of widely used forest gap-models, his research has involved endangered species, characteristics of natural wilderness areas, the study of the biosphere, and attempts to deal with global environmental problems. During his career, Professor Botkin has advised the World Bank about tropical forests, biological diversity, and sustainability, the Rockefeller Foundation about global environmental issues, the government of Taiwan about approaches to solving environmental problems; and the state of California on the environmental effects of water diversion on Mono Lake. He served as the primary advisor to the National Geographic Society for their centennial edition map on "The Endangered Earth." He recently directed a study for the states of Oregon and California concerning salmon and their forested habitats.
He has published many articles and books about environmental issues. His latest books are Beyond the Stoney Mountains: Nature in the American West from Lewis and Clark to Today (Oxford University Press), Strange Encounters: Adventures of a Renegade naturalist (Penguin/Tarcher), The Blue Planet (Wiley), Our Natural History: The Lessons of Lewis and Clark (Putnam), Discordant Harmonies: A New Ecology for the 21st Century (Oxford University Press), and Forest Dynamics: An Ecological Model (Oxford University Press). Professor Botkin was on the faculty of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (1968-1974) and was a member of the staff of the Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (1975-1977). He received a B.A. from the University of Rochester, an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University.
Content:
1. Key Themes in Environmental Science.
2. Science as a Way of Knowing: Critical Thinking about the Environment.
3. The Big Picture: Systems of Change.
4. The Human Population and the Environment.
5. The Biogeochemical Cycles.
6. Ecosystems and Ecosystem Management.
7. Biological Diversity.
8. Biogeography.
9. Biological Productivity and Energy Flow.
10. Ecological Restoration.
11. Producing Enough Food for the World: How Agriculture Depends on Environment.
12. Effects of Agriculture on the Environment.
13. Forests, Parks, and Landscapes.
14. Wildlife, Fisheries, and Endangered Species.
15. Environmental Health, Pollution, and Toxicology.
16. Natural Disasters and Catastrophe
17. Energy: Some Basics.
18. Fossil Fuels and the Environment.
19. Alternative Energy and the Environment.
20. Nuclear Energy and the Environment.
21. Water Supply, Use, and Management.
22. Water Pollution and Treatment.
23. The Atmosphere, Climate, and Global Warming.
24. Air Pollution.
25. Indoor Air Pollution.
26. Ozone Depletion.
27. Minerals and the Environment.
28. Dollars and Environmental Sense: Economics of Environment Issues.
29. Urban Environments.
30. Waste Management.
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Source: Business Wire
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