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Handbook of environmental science / Govind Prasad.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Discovery Publishing House, c2012.Description: 225 pages 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789350560914
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH541  P88 2012
Contents:
Introduction -- Freshwater environmental quality parameters -- Environmentalism -- Natural environment -- Ecological sanitation -- Environmental planning -- Environmental monitoring -- Sustainable development -- Bright green environmentalism -- Climate change -- Weather -- Climate -- Greenhouse effect -- Environmental policy -- Environmental movement -- Green politics -- Environmental protection -- Restoration ecology
Summary: “Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, (including physics, chemistry, biology, soil science, geology, and geography) to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. Environmental science provides an integrated, quantitative, and interdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental systems. Related areas of study include environmental studies and environmental engineering. Environmental studies incorporates more of the social sciences for understanding human relationships, perceptions and policies towards the environment. Environmental engineering focuses on design and technology for improving environmental quality.”--Back cover
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Books Books Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section Non-fiction RUS QH541 P88 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Room use only 77509 00077709

Includes glossary and index.

Introduction -- Freshwater environmental quality parameters -- Environmentalism -- Natural environment -- Ecological sanitation -- Environmental planning -- Environmental monitoring -- Sustainable development -- Bright green environmentalism -- Climate change -- Weather -- Climate -- Greenhouse effect -- Environmental policy -- Environmental movement -- Green politics -- Environmental protection -- Restoration ecology

“Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, (including physics, chemistry, biology, soil science, geology, and geography) to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems. Environmental science provides an integrated, quantitative, and interdisciplinary approach to the study of environmental systems. Related areas of study include environmental studies and environmental engineering. Environmental studies incorporates more of the social sciences for understanding human relationships, perceptions and policies towards the environment. Environmental engineering focuses on design and technology for improving environmental quality.”--Back cover

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