Environmental Science Fundamentals - (Second Edition)

Author: Jia Zhenbang
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: This book is a national planning teaching material for the 15th Five-Year Plan in general higher education. Environmental science is known as the science that studies the relationship between humans and the environment. This book systematically elaborates on the relationship between humans and the environment, taking "population-resource-environment-development" as the main thread. Chapter 1 discusses environmental problems and the content of environmental science, including human environmental views and environmental ethics. Chapter 2 discusses the process of the formation and evolution of the geographical environment. The major feature of this book is reflected in Chapters 3 to 7, which respectively describe the relationship between humans and the various spheres of the Earth's surface—such as the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, pedosphere, and lithosphere. It quantitatively clarifies the conditions and constraints that these spheres provide for human survival and development, elaborates on the impacts humans have on these spheres and the resulting environmental problems, as well as the severity and urgency of these problems. Chapter 8 discusses population issues from an environmental science perspective. Finally, Chapter 9 summarizes the entire book under the theme of "Taking the Path of Sustainable Development." This book serves as a foundational textbook for geography majors in higher education institutions and can also be used as a reference for environmental education for teachers and students in environmental protection, as well as in science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, humanities, and language disciplines.