Natural Resource Conservation: Management for a Sustainable Future

by Chiras, Daniel D.; Reganold, John P.; Owen, Oliver S.

• ISBN13: 9780130333988
• ISBN10: 0130333980
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Written from a sustainable perspective, this readable, yet rigorous, book provides comprehensive coverage of a variety of local, regional, national, and global resource and environmental issues from population growth to wetlands to agriculture to global air pollution. It emphasizes practical, cost-effective, sustainable solutions to these problems that make sense from social, economic, and environmental perspectives. Overall increased emphasis on international and global issues (includes many examples from Canada). New information on Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing—integrated GIS Remote Sensing boxed information appears throughout, including 12 case studies. Expanded coverage of ecosystem management and watershed management, global climate change, ozone depletion, wetlands protection, and policy—including new international treaties, new federal laws, and more. The friendly, approachable writing style makes the book accessible to a wide range of readers—from those who want an introduction in natural resource conservation and natural resource management to professionals in this field.

Table of Contents

Preface	x
Acknowledgments	xiii
Biographies	xiv
Past, Present, and Future: Natural Resource Conservation and Management	1	(21)
Foundations of a Sustainable Future: Economics and Ethics	22	(23)
Lessons from Ecology	45	(33)
The Human Population Challenge	78	(19)
World Hunger: Solving the Problem Sustainably	97	(18)
The Nature of Soils	115	(19)
Soil Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture	134	(27)
Pesticides: Protecting Our Crops, Our Health, and Our Environment	161	(25)
Aquatic Environments	186	(33)
Managing Water Resources Sustainability	219	(30)
Water Pollution	249	(50)
Fisheries Conservation	299	(42)
Rangeland Management	341	(25)
Forest Management	366	(34)
Plant and Animal Extinction	400	(26)
Wildlife Management	426	(28)
Sustainable Waste Management	454	(22)
Air Pollution	476	(30)
Air Pollution: Global Problems	506	(25)
Minerals, Mining, and a Sustainable Society	531	(13)
Nonrenewable Energy Resources: Issues and Options	544	(32)
Creating a Sustainable System of Energy: Efficiency and Renewable Energy	576	(23)
Afterword	599	(2)
Glossary	601	(17)
Illustration Acknowledgments	618
Index