Environmental resources /
Provides an introduction to natural and environmental resources. Sets out a conceptuial framework within which contemporary issues can be considered and presents these issues in their historical contexts. Reviews each of the major resource sectors - land, energy, mineral, water, and ocean
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Essex, Eng. : New York :
Longman Scientific & Technical ; John Wiley & Sons,
1995
Harlow, Essex : Longman Scientific and Technical, 1995 |
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Introductory concepts
- Ch. 2. The political economy of environmental resources
- Ch. 3. Environmental resources in space and time
- Ch. 4. The land resource: food production
- Ch. 5. The land resource: forests
- Ch. 6. The land resource: biodiversity, protected areas and environmental conservation
- Ch. 7. Energy resources
- Ch. 8. Mineral resources
- Ch. 9. Water resources
- Ch. 10. Ocean resources
- Ch. 11. Environmental wealth and limits to growth
- Ch. 12. Transition to sustainability?