Supplementry Info

Supplementary INFO

Land use management is a highly dynamic field of study. The information in the textbook is supplemented by this regularly updated section Supplementary INFO,  to ensure that the content stays relevant to address the challenges of modern-day technology and development. 

It is sorted according to appropriate paragraphs within each chapter of the textbook. This will assist visitors to the site and students concerned with environmental management, to find recent and relevant information on a wide range of topics, events, actions or developments.

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The most important Supplementary Information is included in the eTextbook by way of hyperlinks. The Chapters below is an example of additional information that is currently being loaded onto the web for every sub-paragraph.

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1

Meeting the challenge of human survival on earth

Giving facts to show that our environment is under real threat of a collapse and the only way to prevent it is by studying it in a holistic approach; looking at it as an integrated system.

2

Structure and composition of the ecosphere

To understand the environmental system we need to analyse the components: energy, soils, etc.

3

The dynamics of ecosystem functioning

The environmental elements are functionally integrated in a dynamic way through natural laws and principles.

4

Classification and organisation in the ecosphere

An analysis of the earth’s biomes shows how they function as ecosystems (terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems).

5

Human habitation of the earth

An historic analysis of how humans utilize the earth from primitive societies, through the agricultural and industrial revolutions into the modern era. We examine how modern land use types (e.g. agriculture and urban areas) function from an ecosystem perspective.

6

The environment as a resource

The classification and analysis of the global as well as our African resource base is discussed. Mention is made of fossil fuels and renewable resources (solar, wind, biogas, etc.). and the future of nuclear and fossil fuels is reviewed.

7

Classification and organisation in the ecosphere

An analysis of the earth’s biomes shows how they function as ecosystems (terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems).

8

Human habitation of the earth

An historic analysis of how humans utilize the earth from primitive societies, through the agricultural and industrial revolutions into the modern era. We examine how modern land use types (e.g. agriculture and urban areas) function from an ecosystem perspective.

9

The environment as a resource

The classification and analysis of the global as well as our African resource base is discussed. Mention is made of fossil fuels and renewable resources (solar, wind, biogas, etc.). and the future of nuclear and fossil fuels is reviewed.

10

Classification and organisation in the ecosphere

An analysis of the earth’s biomes shows how they function as ecosystems (terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems).

11

Human habitation of the earth

An historic analysis of how humans utilize the earth from primitive societies, through the agricultural and industrial revolutions into the modern era. We examine how modern land use types (e.g. agriculture and urban areas) function from an ecosystem perspective.

12

The environment as a resource

The classification and analysis of the global as well as our African resource base is discussed. Mention is made of fossil fuels and renewable resources (solar, wind, biogas, etc.). and the future of nuclear and fossil fuels is reviewed.