Exploitation Conservation Preservation

A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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Focusing on the environment and environmental policy, this text examines the dynamic interplay among the physical, economic, social, and political forces impacting the major natural resource issues of today's world. Written by authors with contrasting scientific and philosophical views, it presents a wide range of opinions and interpretations of these issues that results in a balanced review and solid basis for discussion. The inclusion of up-to-the minute, critical quantitative data on natural resource conditions and use, along with important Internet references, inform students while preparing them to analyze and evaluate the significance of resource patterns and trends as objectively as possible.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-10-24
Mått186 x 258 x 19 mm
Vikt697 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGeography
Antal sidor400
Upplaga4
FörlagJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN9780471152255

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Susan Lynn Cutter is a geographer and disaster researcher who works at the University of South Carolina, where she is a Carolina Distinguished Professor of Geography and director of the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute. She is the author or editor of many books on disasters and disaster recovery. William H. Renwick is the author of Exploitation Conservation Preservation: A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use, 4th Edition, published by Wiley.

1 Natural Resources: Thoughts, Words, and Deeds2 Economics of Natural Resources3 Environmental History, Politics, and Decision Making4 Ecologic Perspectives on Natural Resources5 The Human Population6 Agriculture and Food Production7 Forests8 Biodiversity and Habitat9 Marine Resources: Common Property Dilemmas10 Water Quantity and Quality11 The Air Resource and Urban Air Quality12 Regional and Global Atmospheric Change13 Non-fuel Minerals14 Energy Resources15 The Transition to a Global Sustainable SocietyGlossaryIndex