Introducing environment:
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2007
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| Beschreibung: | VIII, 192 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 1 CD-ROM |
| ISBN: | 0199217130 9780199217137 |
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Preface vii
1 Our environment 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Active learning 3
1.3 What s in this book? 9
1.4 Science and technology 11
1.5 Looking back and moving on 13
2 Ecology and ecosystems 17
2.1 Introduction 17
2.2 The science of ecology 17
2.3 Ecosystems 19
2.4 Making notes 24
2.5 Identification and naming 26
2.6 Interrelationships 27
2.7 Mapping interrelationships 29
2.8 Ecological health 32
3 Energy flows and agriculture 35
3.1 Introduction 35
3.2 Producers: making your own food 35
3.3 Consumers: using other organisms as food 39
3.4 Food chains revisited 44
3.5 Food pyramids: numbers, biomass and energy 45
3.6 Agriculture: altered ecosystems 50
4 Changing land, changing ecosystems 56
4.1 Introduction 56
4.2 What is the natural vegetation of the UK? 58
4.3 The changing UK landscape 60
4.4 Writing some basic ground rules 68
4.5 How does a local ecosystem respond to alteratipns? 72
4.6 Rabbits holding back succession in a wild ecosystem 75
5 Populations and biodiversity 83
5.1 Introduction 83
5.2 Population growth .... . • 83
5.3 Interrelationships between populations 87
5.4 Managed populations 90
5.5 Using your scientific judgement 91
5.6 Human population growth 96
5.7 Biodiversity 98
6 Resources and environmental impact 104
6.1 Introduction 104
6.2 Ecological footprint 106
6.3 Contributions to the ecofootprint 107
6.4 Chemical recycling and the carbon cycle 110
6.5 Adding fossil fuels to the ecofootprint model 120
6.6 Using numbers and units 122
6.7 Ecofootprint as a model 124
6.8 Current resource use in the UK 126
7 Sustainability and our environment 134
7.1 Introduction 134
7.2 How much useful land and water area is actually available? 134
7.3 Global resources using information from charts and graphs 138
7.4 Sustainability trends in the UK and Europe 142
7.5 Reducing the ecofootprint 147
7.6 Sustainable housing making a difference 148
7.7 Why does waste matter and what can be done about it? 151
8 What next? 159
8.1 Introduction 159
8.2 Bringing the themes together 159
8.3 A case study sustainable development 160
8.4 Writing planning and making an argument 165
8.5 Next steps 168
References 169
Answers to activities 170
Appendix 1 The geological timescale 176
Appendix 2 Conversion charts for fractions, decimals and percentages, and
measurements of distance and area 17^
Acknowledgements 180
Index 181
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Contents
Preface vii
1 Our environment 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Active learning 3
1.3 What's in this book? 9
1.4 Science and technology 11
1.5 Looking back and moving on 13
2 Ecology and ecosystems 17
2.1 Introduction 17
2.2 The science of ecology 17
2.3 Ecosystems 19
2.4 Making notes 24
2.5 Identification and naming 26
2.6 Interrelationships 27
2.7 Mapping interrelationships 29
2.8 Ecological health 32
3 Energy flows and agriculture 35
3.1 Introduction 35
3.2 Producers: making your own food 35
3.3 Consumers: using other organisms as food 39
3.4 Food chains revisited 44
3.5 Food pyramids: numbers, biomass and energy 45
3.6 Agriculture: altered ecosystems 50
4 Changing land, changing ecosystems 56
4.1 Introduction 56
4.2 What is the natural vegetation of the UK? 58
4.3 The changing UK landscape 60
4.4 Writing some basic ground rules 68
4.5 How does a local ecosystem respond to alteratipns? 72
4.6 Rabbits holding back succession in a wild ecosystem 75
5 Populations and biodiversity ' 83
5.1 Introduction 83
5.2 Population growth . . • 83
5.3 Interrelationships between populations 87
5.4 Managed populations 90
5.5 Using your scientific judgement 91
5.6 Human population growth 96
5.7 Biodiversity 98
6 Resources and environmental impact 104
6.1 Introduction 104
6.2 Ecological footprint 106
6.3 Contributions to the ecofootprint 107
6.4 Chemical recycling and the carbon cycle 110
6.5 Adding fossil fuels to the ecofootprint model 120
6.6 Using numbers and units 122
6.7 Ecofootprint as a model 124
6.8 Current resource use in the UK 126
7 Sustainability and our environment 134
7.1 Introduction 134
7.2 How much useful land and water area is actually available? 134
7.3 Global resources using information from charts and graphs 138
7.4 Sustainability trends in the UK and Europe 142
7.5 Reducing the ecofootprint 147
7.6 Sustainable housing making a difference 148
7.7 Why does waste matter and what can be done about it? 151
8 What next? 159
8.1 Introduction 159
8.2 Bringing the themes together 159
8.3 A case study sustainable development 160
8.4 Writing planning and making an argument 165
8.5 Next steps 168
References 169
Answers to activities 170
Appendix 1 The geological timescale 176
Appendix 2 Conversion charts for fractions, decimals and percentages, and
measurements of distance and area 17^
Acknowledgements 180
Index 181 |
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