Environmental Science: Principles and Practices
- ISBN-10
- 0810886111
- ISBN-13
- 9780810886117
- Series
- Environmental Science
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 732
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-02-14
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Authors
- Frank R. Spellman, Melissa L. Stoudt
Description
The goal of Environmental Science: Principles and Practices provides the scientific principles, concepts, applications, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world, to identify and analyze environmental problems both natural and human-made, to evaluate the relative risks associated with these problems, and to examine alternative solutions, such as renewable energy sources, for resolving and even preventing them.
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Other editions
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- 2018-07-03
- 275 pages
- Paperback
- John Wiley & Sons
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