Natural Resource Conservation: Management For A Sustainable Future - Hardcover

Chiras, Daniel D.; Reganold, John P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131458329 ISBN 13: 9780131458321

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2004

Synopsis

"Text on the natural resource conservation management for a suatainable future."

About this title

From the Publisher:

This leading text examines the past, present and future of resource conservation by explaining the basic ecological principles on which modern resource management is based. It fully considers each major resource in terms of its value to humans, its exploitation or degradation, and how it can be restored and sustainably managed.

From the Back Cover:

Written from a sustainable perspective, this readable, yet rigorous, book provides comprehensive coverage of a variety of local, regional, national, and global resource and environmental issues from population growth to wetlands to agriculture to global air pollution. It emphasizes practical, cost-effective, sustainable solutions to these problems that make sense from social, economic, and environmental perspectives. Overall increased emphasis on international and global issues (includes many examples from Canada). New information on Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing—integrated GIS Remote Sensing boxed information appears throughout, including 12 case studies. Expanded coverage of ecosystem management and watershed management, global climate change, ozone depletion, wetlands protection, and policy—including new international treaties, new federal laws, and more. The friendly, approachable writing style makes the book accessible to a wide range of readers—from those who want an introduction in natural resource conservation and natural resource management to professionals in this field.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0131458329
• ISBN 13: 9780131458321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 644