Exploitation Conservation Preservation: A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use-4th Edition (Hardback, Used)

Exploitation Conservation Preservation by Susan L. Cutter and William H. Renwick

Summary
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.

Table of Content
1 Natural Resources: Thoughts, Words, and Deeds
2 Economics of Natural Resources
3 Environmental History, Politics, and Decision Making
4 Ecologic Perspectives on Natural Resources
5 The Human Population
6 Agriculture and Food Production
7 Forests
8 Biodiversity and Habitat
9 Marine Resources: Common Property Dilemmas
10 Water Quantity and Quality
11 The Air Resource and Urban Air Quality
12 Regional and Global Atmospheric Change
13 Non-fuel Minerals
14 Energy Resources
15 The Transition to a Global Sustainable Society
Glossary
Index