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Environmental Science Books

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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Quarantine Life from Cholera to COVID-19: what pandemics teach us about parenting, work, life, and communities from the 1700s to today by Kari Nixon
Call Number: 2nd Floor Stacks RA648.5 .N58 2021

Publication Date: 2021-06-15

Diseases have the ability to highlight our shared concerns across the ages, affecting every social divide from national boundaries, economic categories, racial divisions, and beyond.
(Ebook) Gender-Based Violence and COVID-19 in Fragile Settings: A Syndemic Model by Luissa Vahedi, Jessica Anania, and Jocelyn Kelly
ISBN: 9781601278647

Publication Date: August 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the preexisting epidemic of gender-based violence. In turn, gender-based violence can directly and indirectly contribute to COVID-19 vulnerability and community transmission. Gender-insensitive COVID-19 policy responses have reinforced this negatively synergistic relationship, reducing the effectiveness of disease control measures and contributing to gender inequality in fragile settings, which are already characterized by conflict, poverty, displacement, and weak infrastructure
(Ebook) Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreaks, Environment and Human Behaviour: International Case Studies by Rais Akhtar (Ed)
ISBN: 9783030681203

Publication Date: 2021

One of the first books on COVID-19 geographical spread. Examines COVID-19 impact at an international dimension, and presents research from some of the world’s leading scientists.
The Unequal Pandemic: COVID-19 and health inequalities by Clare Bambra; Julia Lynch; Katherine E. Smith
ISBN: 9781447361237

Publication Date: 2021-06-15

This accessible, yet authoritative book shows how the pandemic is a syndemic of disease and inequality.
Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic by the Radical Right: scapegoating, conspiracy theories and new narratives by Barbara Molas (Editor); Tamir Bar-On (Editor)
Call Number: 2nd Floor Stacks JC573 .R47 2021

Publication Date: 2021-03-16

Numerous political commentators have noted the rise of the radical right worldwide. How has the radical right responded?
(Ebook) Environmental Health: From Global to Local by Howard Frumkin (Editor)
Publication Date: 2016

This is is a comprehensive introduction to the subject, and a contemporary, authoritative text for students of public health, environmental health, preventive medicine, community health, and environmental studies.
(Ebook) Environmental Health in Selected Asian Countries by WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific Staff
Call Number: New Book Shelf RA566.5.A78 C67 2018

Publication Date: 2019

The report presents the state of the environment and health in the 14 countries of the Regional Forum, based on country profiles and United Nations and World Health Organization statistics.
(Ebook) Essentials of Medical Geology: Impacts of the Natural Environment on Public Health by Olle Selinus (Editor)
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) Health and the Environment in the Southeastern United States: Rebuilding Unity: Workshop Summary by Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences Research and Medicine Staff (Editor)
Publication Date: 2002

The purpose of this regional workshop in the Southeast was to broaden the environmental health perspective from its typical focus on environmental toxicology to a view that included the impact of the natural, built, and social environments on human health.
(Ebook) Indoor Environment and Health by Orhan Korhan
Publication Date: 2019

This book addresses issues related to a sustainable, healthy and comfortable indoor environment on the quality of life, and perceives the required indoor conditions for productivity and effectiveness.
(Ebook) Viral Infections and Global Change by Sunit K. Singh (Editor)
Publication Date: 2014

A timely exploration of the impact of global change on the emergence, reemergence, and control of vector-borne and zoonotic viral infections. But one hazard that is rarely discussed is the dramatic rise in the number and magnitude of tropical virus outbreaks among human populations.
Constructed Climates: a Primer on Urban Environments by William G. Wilson
Call Number: 2nd Floor Stacks QH541.5.C6 W55 2011

Publication Date: 2011

This book contains an entire section on human health and urban inequalities, as well as cities and nature, shading and cooling, energy use and carbon budgets, emissions, etc.
Diseases of Poverty: Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Modern Plagues by Lisa V. Adams; John R. Butterly
Call Number: 2nd Floor Stacks RA418.5.P6 A27 2015

Publication Date: 2015

This book examines the epidemiology and social impact of past and present infectious disease epidemics in the developing and developed world.
Environmental Health Sourcebook by Laura Larsen (Editor)
Call Number: 2nd Floor Stacks RA565 .E484 2010

Publication Date: 2010

Provides basic consumer health information about the health effects of environmental hazards and diseases linked to environmental causes, with facts about the impact on specific populations. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.
Truth about Where You Live: an Atlas for Action on Toxins and Mortality by Benjamin A. Goldman
Call Number: 2nd Floor Stacks RA566.3 .G65 1991

Publication Date: 1991

More than one hundred maps provide a geographical, statistical overview of American communities that suffer from disproportionate cases of environmental contamination, disease, and death rates.
Winter Blues: Seasonal Affective Disorder by Norman E. Rosenthal
Call Number: RC545 .R67

Publication Date: 1993

The book describes the many dimensions of SAD and a variety of effective strategies: light-therapy treatment; antidepressant medications; three dietary regimens; and a self-test to help readers determine their own level of SAD. Discusses the use of light therapy for sleep disorders, jet lag, premenstrual syndrome, and shift work.

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