TY - BOOK AU - Cutter,Susan L. AU - Renwick,William H. TI - Exploitation, conservation, preservation: a geographic perspective on natural resource use SN - 0471018104 : PY - 1999/// CY - New York, Chichester PB - Wiley KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Natural resources KW - Management N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -