Book
The Redesigned Earth- A Brief Review of Ecology for Engineers, As if the Earth Really Mattered
(2019)
Abstract
Provides engineers with the problem-solving methods used by ecologists to conserve natural systems. Introduces conservation biology and ecology as a mainstay concept of engineering education. Contains practical life-experience case studies based on a 47 year -career in ecology and teaching at the college level.
This book provides insight into the basic aspects of ecology that impact or are affected by engineering practices. Ecological principals are described and discussed through the lens of the influences that built structures have or will influence the face of the Earth. The influences redesign the Earth, either by destroying natural systems and replacing them with highly subsidized systems or by attempting to restore highly disturbed or contaminated systems with the basic natural systems that were originally present.
Keywords
- Ecology,
- Earth,
- Natural Systems,
- Biology,
- Conservation,
- Conservation Biology
Disciplines
- Engineering,
- Chemical Engineering,
- Civil and Environmental Engineering,
- Engineering Education,
- Engineering Science and Materials,
- Materials Science and Engineering,
- Geological Engineering,
- Life Sciences,
- Biology,
- Evolution,
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health,
- Environmental Health,
- Pharmacology,
- Toxicology,
- Chemicals and Drugs,
- Diseases,
- Cardiovascular Diseases,
- Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities,
- Disorders of Environmental Origin,
- Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing,
- Public Health,
- Environmental Public Health,
- Earth Sciences,
- Environmental Sciences,
- Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology and
- Environmental Studies
Publication Date
Winter December, 2019
Publisher
Springer Nature
ISBN
9783030312350
Citation Information
John Tanacredi. The Redesigned Earth- A Brief Review of Ecology for Engineers, As if the Earth Really Mattered. 1New York(2019) - 259 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/john-tanacredi/46/