Transcription of Unit One: The Earth System and its Components
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Unit One: The Earth System and its Components
Unit One: The Earth System and its Components Unit Information 2 Unit Overview 2 Unit Aims 2 Unit Learning Outcomes 2 Unit Interdependencies 3 Key Readings 4 Further Readings 5 References 6 The environment 7 Section Overview 7 Section Learning Outcomes 7 What is the environment ? 7 What is environmental science? 9 What is environmental management? 11 The environmental crisis 13 Section 1 Self Assessment Questions 21 The Earth System 22 Section Overview 22 Section Learning Outcomes 22 Systems analysis in environmental science 22 Defining the Earth System 25 Section 2 Self Assessment Questions 32 Unit Summary 33 Unit Self Assessment Questions 34 Key Terms and Concepts 35 P500 Environmental Science and Management Unit 1 SOAS CeDEP 2 UNIT INFORMATION Unit Overview This unit introduces the idea of the Earth System and its main Components : the geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.
tend to think in terms of the whole ‘earth system’ and its components, subsystems and processes. In some ways, the term ‘earth system’ is a more useful one than ‘the environment’, not least because it highlights the fact that the natural world is a dynamic, complex entity with its own laws and processes, rather than being simply a
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