Environmental Sciences

A Student's Companion
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4129-4704-6
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 910 g

Unique in the reference literature, this Companion provides students with an introduction to all the major concepts and contemporary issues in the environmental sciences. The text is divided into six sections (Environmental Sciences, Environments, Paradigms and Concepts, Processes and Dynamic, Scales and Techniques, Environmental Issues), with over 200 entries alphabetically organized and authored by key names in the environmental science disciplines.

Entries are concise, informative, richly visual and fully referenced and cross referenced. They introduce key concepts and processes that are included in the index, cite relevant websites, and reflect the latest thinking.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gregory, Kenneth J.

Simmons, Ian

Brazel, Anthony

Day, John W

Keller, Edward A

Yanez-Arancibia, Alejandro

Sylvester, Arthur G

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Introduction
Anthropology
Archaeology

Atmospheric sciences

Biogeography

Biology

Cartography

Climatology

Earth system science

Ecology

Ecosystem

Environmental chemistry

Environmental sciences
Genetics
Geoarchaeology

Geochemistry

Geology

Geomorphology

Glacial geomorphology

Glaciology

Human ecology

Human Geography

Hydrology

Landscape architecture

Limnology

Meteorology

Microclimate

Oceanography

Palaeoecology

Palaeogeography

Pedology

Physical geography

Physiology

Seismology

Soil science

ENVIRONMENTS
Introduction
Antarctic environment
Anthropogenic impact, Noosphere
Arctic environments
Arid zones/Deserts
Atmosphere
Biomes
Biosphere
Climate classfication
Climate zones
Coasts

Cryosphere
Deltas
Earth spheres
Earth structure
Estuarine environments
Fluvial environments
Fossil fuels

Glacial environments

Glaciers
Hydrosphere
Karst
Lithosphere

Periglacial environments
Permafrost

Soil profiles
Stratigraphy

Temperate environments
Tropical environments
Troposphere
Urban environments
Vegetation and its classification
PARADIGMS/CONCEPTS
Introduction
Biocomplexity

Biodiversity/functional biodiversity

Biogeochemical cycles

Biomass

Catastrophism

Catastrophe theory
Chaos theory

Cultures

Cycles

Diaspora

Environment

Environmentalism

Epistemology

Equifinality

Equilbrium

Ergodicity
Estuarine dependent or related species

Evolution

Gaia hypothesis

General circulation models

Greenhouse effect

Habitat of coastal and marine fishes

Hazards

Holism

Landscape

Landsystems approach

Modernism

Natural resources

Nature

Ocean circulation

Paradigms

Perception

Philosophy of science

Place, sense of

Postmodernism

Process-form relationships

Pulsing
Reductionism

Self-design

Systems: Thoery, approach and analysis

Thresholds

Uniformitarianism

PROCESSES AND DYNAMICS

Introduction
Acid rain

Albedo

Animal behaviour

Carbon cycle

Drainage basins

Earthquakes

Earth surface processes

El Nino southern oscillation

Energetics

Energy

Energy flux

Energy and mass balance

Environmental change

Erosion rates
Floods

Geochemical cycles

Hydrological cycle

Lakes

Minerals

Natural production mechanisms of marine Fisheries

Nitrogen cycle

Plate tectonics

Power and Energy
Precipitation

Productivity

Radiation balance of the Earth
River systems

Rock types

Soil Management

Solar radiation

Tectonics

Volcanoes and Volcanism
Weathering

Wetlands

SCALES AND TECHNIQUES
Introduction
Aesthetics

Biological oxygen demand
Climate modeling

Cost benefit analysis

Dating techniques, Radiometric and Isotopic dating

Ecosystem approach

Ecotechnology

Expert systems

Field studies and surveying in Geology
Fossil record
Fossils and Palaeontology
GIS
Global circulation models (GCM's)
Geologic time

Glaciations

GPS
Holocene

Ice cores

Isotopic dating

Land evaluation

Landscape ecology

Modeling

Pleistocene

Quaternary

Radiometric dating

Remote sensing

Rock classification

Sea level change

Timescales, Geologic

UN programmes

Vegetation and its classification
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Introduction
Agenda 21

Climate change

Climate forcing and feedbacks

Climate sensitivity

Coastal management

Conservation of natural resources

Deforestation

Desertification

Disasters

Ecological engineering
Ecological integrity

Ecosystem-based management

Energy scarcity

Environmental ethics

Environmental impact assessment

Environmental law

Environmental management

Environmental perception

Environmental policy

Environmental values
Fire

Fishery management

Genetic modification (GM)
Geothermal energy

Global change

Global conventions and treaties

Global dimming

Global warming

Human impacts on environment

Integrated basin management

Integrated coastal and marine management

Limits to growth

Ozone depletion

Pollution of air and water

Population growth

Recycling

Renewable energy

Resource depletion

Restoration of ecosystems
Risk-based management
Risk assessment

Sensitivity

Sustainability

Sustainable development

Thermohaline circulation

Waste management

Water resources

Zoos, Botanical Gardens and museums

Über Autor(innen)

Gregory, Kenneth J.
Ken Gregory obtained his BSc, PhD and DSc from the University of London, was made CBE in 2007 for services to geography and higher education, and is currently President of the British Society for Geomorphology. Research interests include river channel change and management, palaeohydrology and the development of physical geography, and he has written more than 140 papers, authored and edited 30 books including The Earth’s Land Surface (2010) and The SAGE Handbook of Geomorphology (2011). He has 3 Honorary degrees, and received the Founder’s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society (1993), the Linton award of the BGRG (1999), and the Geographical medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (2000).

Brazel, Anthony
Anthony Brazel is a retired geographer and climatologist who has written over 100 professional articles and reports on climate, focusing primarily at the local and regional scale. He has served as Laboratory of Climatology Director from 1979-1988, Arizona's governor-appointed State slimatologist from 1979-1999, geography departmental chair from 1991-1997, and manager of the Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy through the Center for Environmental Studies from 2001 to 2003. He is former member of the Board of Urban Environments of the American Meteorological Society and current member of the scholarship committee of the International Association on Urban Climate. He is a Fellow of American Association of the Advancement of Science and editor of the Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science.