Science and the Global Environment - Case Studies for Integrating Science and the Global Environment

Case Studies for Integrating Science and the Global Environment is designed to help students of the environment and natural resources make the connections between their training in science and math and today's complex environmental issues. The book provides an opportunity for students to apply important skills, knowledge, and analytical tools to understand, evaluate, and propose solutions to today's critical environmental issues.
The heart of the book includes four major content areas: water resources; the atmosphere and air quality; ecosystem alteration; and global resources and human needs. Each of these sections features in-depth case studies covering a range of issues for each resource, offering rich opportunities to teach how various scientific disciplines help inform the issue at hand. Case studies provide readers with experience in interpreting real data sets and considering alternate explanations for trends shown by the data. This book helps prepare students for careers that require collaboration with stakeholders and co-workers from various disciplines.

List of contents

Section I: Tools of the TradeSection II: Global Water ResourcesSection III: Air Quality and Atmospheric ScienceSection IV: Human Impacts on the Global LandscapeSection V: Looking Ahead

Product details

• Authors: Alan McIntosh, McIntosh Alan, Jennifer Pontius, Pontius Jennifer
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.09.2016
• EAN: 9780128017128
• ISBN: 978-0-12-801712-8
• Dimensions: 186 mm x 24 mm x 232 mm
• Weight: 1030 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; NATURE / Natural Resources, NATURE / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Social impact of environmental issues, Energy resources