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020			_a9780132251501
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041			_aeng
084			_aH:(G:55) P8 _qCSL
100			_aKeller, Edward A. _9857394
245		0	_aIntroduction to environmental geology
250			_a4th
260			_aNew Jersey, _bPearson: _c2008.
300			_axvii, 661p.
500			_aAppendix; Glossary G1-G18p.; References R1-R12p.; Index I1-I12p.
520			_aAs 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.
650			_aGeology _9857395
650			_aEnvironmental Studies _9857396
700			_aKeller, Edward A. _9857394
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