Environmental Resources / Edition 1

by A.S. Mather, K. Chapman

Overview

Environmental Resources provides a comprehensive text for undergraduate resource management courses. It begins with an introduction to natural and environmental resources and then considers them in the context of politics, time and space.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582101685
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/03/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Introductory Concepts
2. The Political Economy of Environmental Resources
3. Environmental Resources in Space and Time
4. The Land Resource: Food Production
5. The Land Resource: Forests
6. The Land Resource: Biodiversity, Protected Areas and Environmental Conservation
7. Energy Resources
8. Mineral Resources
9. Water Resources
10. Ocean Resources
11. Environmental Wealth and Limits to Growth
12. Transition to Sustainability?
13. Index