Takes a practical results-focused approach to ecology Adopts an engineering focus Covers all the main contemporary environmental problems Presents insights grounded in the author's extensive teaching experience Electronic versions of figures from the book are available with qualifying course adoption.

'Ecology and Applied Environmental Science' presents a brief theoretical approach to ecology, based on energy, population and cycles of chemical elements. This introductory textbook examines a good selection of environmental problems with potential engineering, scientific and managerial solutions. It takes an engineering approach and avoids too much biological detail.