Introduction to Environmental Geology
“Introduction to Environmental Geology” by Edward A. Keller, published by Pearson College Div in 2007, is a comprehensive resource spanning 661 pages. This edition presents an accessible exploration of the interplay between geology and significant environmental challenges, emphasizing how human decisions regarding natural resource use impact living standards and environmental quality.
Readers will find a detailed examination of five fundamental concepts in environmental geology, including Human Population Growth and Sustainability. The book also includes a Hazard City CD-ROM, which offers instructors practical assignments based on a simulated town scenario. New chapters address topics such as the impacts of extraterrestrial objects and innovative waste management strategies, while discussions on pressing issues like the 2002 Alaska earthquake and global water shortages are thoroughly updated.
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As the human population increases, many decisions concerning our use of natural resources will determine our standard of living and the quality of our environment. This reader-friendly book helps readers develop an understanding of how geology interacts with major environmental problems facing society. Included with every text, the Hazard City CD-ROM gives instructors meaningful, easy-to-assign, and easy-to-grade assignments based on the idealized town of Hazard City. Focuses on five fundamental concepts of environmental geology: Human Population Growth, Sustainability, Earth as a System, Hazardous Earth Processes, and Scientific Knowledge and Values. Features new chapters on Impacts of Extraterrestrial Objects and Waste as a Resource: Waste Management. Presents new or extensively revised discussion of human population growth, Alaska earthquake of 2002, emerging global water shortage, cleaning Boston Harbor, and much mor
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