Research Guides: Environmental Disasters, Human-made: Books

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The Library of Congress classification system is used to group similar subjects together, which makes the collection browsable. Here are some related the environmental & earth science subjects and their call numbers.


G Geography. Atlases & Maps
G 70.4 Remote Sensing
GA Cartography & Math Geography
GB Physical Geography
GB 400-GB 649 Geomorphology
GB 651-GB 2998 Hydrology GC Oceanography
GE Environmental Sciences GF Human Ecology GN Anthropology GR Folklore GT Manners & Customes GV Recreation & Leisure

Q Science General
QA Math
QB Astronomy
QC Physics
QD Chemistry
QE Geology
QE 28 Historical Geology
QE 36 Geologic Maps & Mapping
QE 38 Environmental Geology
QE 511 Plate Tectonics
QE 351-QE 399 Mineralogy
QE 471 Sedimentary Geology
QE 514 Geochemistry
QE 601-QE 613 Structural Geol.
QE 901-QE 996 Paleobiology
QH Biology
QK Botany
QL Zoology
QM Human Anatomy
QP Physiology
QR Microbiology
R Medicine
S 590-S 599 Soils

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Speaking for the River: confronting pollution on the Willamette, 1920s-1970s by James V. Hillegas-Elting
Call Number: MOHL 2nd Fl Stacks GE155.O7 H55 2018
ISBN: 9780870719165
Publication Date: 2018-03-15
Since the Late 1960s, Oregon has been at the forefront of environmental protection in the United States. The state generally, and Portland in particular, continue to have strong "green" credentials well into the twenty-first century. Within this forty year period of progress, however, the health of the Willamette River has been a consistent blot on the record.
Vanport by Manly Maben; Gordon B. Dodds (Foreword by)
Call Number: F884.V36 M33
ISBN: 087595118X
Publication Date: 2000-02-01
Situated on a flood plain between Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, the Columbia River reclaimed the city for its own in a flood on Memorial Day, 1948. Vanport was the largest housing project in the United States, (perhaps the world) and the second largest city in Oregon
Leaded: the Poisoning of Idaho's Silver Valley by Michael C. Mix
Call Number: (available through Summit)
ISBN: 9780870718755
Publication Date: 2016
Leaded is a timely and deeply researched account of one of the largest environmental disasters in western US history. It examines the origin, evolution, and causes of the harmful environmental and human health effects caused by mining operations in Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Mining District—the “Silver Valley”—from 1885 to 1981. During that period, district mines produced over $5 billion worth of lead, silver, and zinc.
The Northern Spotted Owl: An Oregon View by Benjamin B. Stout
Call Number: MOHL Stacks QL696.S83 S86 2003
ISBN: 9781553958901
Publication Date: 2003-04-03
The northern spotted owl is believed to have historically inhabited most forests throughout southwestern British Columbia, western Washington and Oregon, and northwestern California as far south as the San Francisco Bay. Loss and adverse modification of nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat due to timber harvesting, land conversions, natural disturbances such as fire and windstorms, and competition with encroaching barred owls have led to a decline of spotted owls throughout much of their historic range.
Battleground: Environment by Robert William Collin
Call Number: WU LAW GE105 .C65 2008
ISBN: 9780313338656
Publication Date: 2008-07-30
Discusses in depth the current issues regarding the environment, including acid rain, climate change, organic farming, brownfields development, endangered species, and urban sprawl.
Hanford Site Historic District by Hanford Cultural and Historic Resources Program Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: MOHL 2nd Fl Stacks TK9025 .H36 2003
ISBN: 9781574771336
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Historic overview ; Plutonium production facilities: Construction history -- Fuel manufacturing -- Reactor operations -- Chemical separations -- Plutonium finishing -- Waste management -- Research and development -- Site security -- Military operations -- Worker health and safety -- Transportation, communication, site support -- History of workers at the Hanford Site ; Guide to resources -- Recommendations for future uses -- Key dates.

(Ebook) Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health by Olle Selinus
ISBN: 9780126363418
Publication Date: 2005-02-03
This authoritative reference volume emphasizes the importance and interrelationships of geological processes to the health and diseases of humans and animals.
(Ebook) Fire Management in the American West: Forest Politics and the Rise of Megafires by Mark Hudson
ISBN: 9781607320883
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
Most journalists and academics attribute the rise of wildfires in the western United States to the USDA Forest Service's successful fire-elimination policies of the twentieth century.

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