Exploitation Conservation Preservation
A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use
4th Edition
Published on 19. May 2003
Book
Hardback
402 pages
978-0-471-15225-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Previous edition
Susan L. Cutter | William H. Renwick
Exploitation, Conservation, Preservation
A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use
Book
08/1998
3rd Edition
Wiley
€79.17
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Persons
Susan Lynn Cutter is a geographer and disaster researcher who works at the University of South Carolina, where she is a Carolina Distinguished Professor of Geography and director of the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute. She is the author or editor of many books on disasters and disaster recovery. William H. Renwick is the author of Exploitation Conservation Preservation: A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use, 4th Edition, published by Wiley.
Content
* 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 Glossary Index