Table of Contents “...Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; Table of Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Treatment Wetlands; 3 Soil Bioengineering; 4 Microcosmology; 5 Restoration Ecology; 6 Ecological Engineering for Solid Waste Management; 7 Exotic Species and Their Control; 8 Economics and Ecological Engineering; 9 Conclusions; References; Index....”
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Table of Contents “...Sustainable Human-Dominated Ecosystems -- Ecosystem Services -- Designing Ecosystem Services -- Defining Place: Biomes and Ecoregions -- Defining Place: The Watershed -- Defining Place: The Site -- Defining Place: Soils as a Living Organism -- Fundamental Principles of Ecology for Design -- Energy and Mass Flow Through Ecosystems -- Designing Community Structure -- Ecosystem Control and Feedback Systems -- Stream Restoration Design -- Designing Ecosystem Services by Landform -- Green Infrastructure Design -- Low Impact Development -- Ecosystem Services Design in Agriculture and Industry....”
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Table of Contents “...-- Adjustment of geomorphic systems -- Human ecology at the end of the Pleistocene -- Megafaunal extinctions -- References -- Changes in the physical environment -- Ice sheets and sea levels -- Human adaptations to coastal environments -- Lake ontogeny and soil development -- The return of the forests -- Europe -- Eastern North America -- Dry Mediterranean woodland -- Tropical forests -- Factors affecting forest re-advance -- The ecology of Mesolithic Europe -- The early Holocene in the tropics -- Saharan palaeoecology -- Early Holocene climates: Pattern and process -- Conclusion -- References -- Agricultural origins -- Southwest Asia -- China and South Asia -- Mesoamerica -- Tropical domesticates -- Independent innovation or diffusion? ...”
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Table of Contents “...Carbon -- section 10. Soils -- section 11. Summary....”
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Table of Contents “...Lithosphere -- Atmosphere -- Hydrosphere -- The biosphere: the living environment. Soil -- Plants and animals in the biosphere -- Ecosystems and biomes -- Demography and world population growth. ...”
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Table of Contents “...Volume 1: Environment And Ecology -- Guide to related topics -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Overview -- Webs of life: the interrelatedness of natural systems -- Human impacts of webs of life -- Sustainable development: growth within the webs of life -- 2: Definitions And Contexts -- Language of sustainability -- Atmosphere -- Biodiversity -- Ecosystems -- Human values and goals -- Land, soil, and forests -- Waste, pollution, and toxic substances -- Water -- 3: Government And United Nations Involvement -- Role of government in sustainability -- Barriers to governmental roles in sustainability -- United Nations -- United States -- Local and regional governmental activities -- 4: Controversies -- Agriculture -- Climate change -- Democracy and sustainability -- Ecotourism -- Energy sources -- Environmental reparations -- Ex situ conservation: museums, zoos, and conservatories -- Green consuming -- Growth and development -- Information -- Market-based solutions -- Population and consumption -- Private property: can it continue sustainably? ...”
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