Exploitation, conservation, preservation : a geographic perspective on natural resource use / Susan L. Cutter and William H. Renwick.
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TextPublication details: New York ; Chichester : Wiley, 1999.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiii,390p. : ill., maps ; 26cmISBN: - 0471018104 :
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Previous ed.: 1991.
Includes bibliographies and index.
CONTENTS: Natural resources: thoughts, words, and deeds - - Economics of natural resources -- Environmental history, politics, and decision making -- Ecologic perspectives on natural resources -- The human population -- Agriculture and food production -- Forests -- Biodiversity and habitat -- Marine resources: common property dilemmas -- Water quantity and quality -- The air resource and urban air quality -- Regional and global atmospheric change -- Non-fuel minerals -- Energy resources -- The transition to a global sustainable society.
Integrating physical, economic, social, and political perspectives, Cutter and Renwick's Fourth Edition presents readers with a wide range of opinions and interpretations of the major natural resource issues facing the world today.