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9780471500773

Exploitation, Conservation, Preservation: A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use

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  • ISBN13:

    9780471500773

  • ISBN10:

    0471500771

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1991-05-01
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

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Summary

Using a geographic approach to the study of the environment and environmental policy, the authors have successfully integrated physical, economic, social and political considerations of the major natural resource issues facing the world today. Features many maps, photos and other visual materials to reinforce learning. New to this edition is material on toxic substances and land resources as well as a focus on current issues in the topic.

Table of Contents

Natural Resources: Thoughts, Words, and Deeds.
Economics of Natural Resources.
Environmental Ideology, Politics, and Decisionmaking.
The Ecological Bases of Natural Resources.
Population: The Human System and the Human Condition.
Land Resources.
Agricultural Resources.
Rangelands: Food Resources for Animals.
Forests: A Multiple-Use Resource.
Water Resources: Supply and Demand.
Water Quality: Everybody's Problem.
Marine Resources: Common Property Dilemmas.
The Air Resource and Urban Air Quality.
Regional and Global Atmospheric Change.
Minerals: Finite or Infinite?.
Energy Resources.
Potential and Amenity Resources.
Preparing for the Future: Information Gathering, Planning, and Action.
Epilogue.
Glossary.
Index.

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