Description
PEARSON INDIA Introduction To Environmental Geology 5Th Edition by KELLER
This text focuses on helping non-science majors develop an understanding of how geology and humanity interact. Ed Keller—the author who first defined the environmental geology curriculum—focuses on five fundamental concepts of environmental geology: Human Population Growth, Sustainability, Earth as a System, Hazardous Earth Processes, and Scientific Knowledge and Values. These concepts are introduced at the outset of the text, integrated throughout the text, and revisited at the end of each chapter. The Fifth Edition emphasizes currency, which is essential to this dynamic subject, and strengthens Keller's hallmark "Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Geology," unifying the text's diverse topics while applying the concepts to real-world examples.
Table of Content
"PART ONE Foundations of Environmental Geology
Chapter 1 Philosophy and Fundamental Concepts
Chapter 2 Internal Structure of Earth and Plate Tectonics
Chapter 3 Minerals and Rocks
Chapter 4 Ecology and Geology
PART TWO Earth Processes and Natural Hazards
Chapter 5 Introduction to Natural Hazards
Chapter 6 Earthquakes and Related Phenomena
Chapter 7 Tsunami (new chapter)
Chapter 8 Volcanic Activity
Chapter 9 Rivers and Flooding
Chapter 10 Slope Processes, Landslides, and Subsidence
Chapter 11 Coastal Processes
Chapter 12 Impact of Extraterrestrial Objects
PART THREE Resources and Pollution
Chapter 13 Water Resources
Chapter 14 Water Pollution
Chapter 15 Mineral Resources
Chapter 16 Energy Resources
Chapter 17 Soils and Environment
PART FOUR Environmental Management, Global Perspective, and Society
Chapter 18 Global Climate Change
Chapter 19 Geology, Society, and the Future "
Salient Features:
• Five Fundamental Concepts of Environmental Geology are introduced in Chapter 1 to unify the diverse topics in the text: Human Population Growth, Sustainability, Earth as a System, Hazardous Earth Processes, and Scientific Knowledge and Values. The connections are reinforced at the end of each chapter, where the chapter's topic is summarized in terms of these concepts (see ""Revisiting Fundamental Concepts"").
• An accessible, friendly writing style engages students and includes a wealth of examples.
• Student-focused chapter structure includes consistent learning aids to maximize students' understanding of the material and review of major topics:
o Learning objectives
o Chapter summary
o Detailed references at the end of each chapter
o Key terms at the end of each chapter
o Review questions
o Critical-thinking questions that stimulate students to think about some of the important issues in the text and relate these to their lives and society.