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Natural Resource Conservation : Management for a Sustainable Future

ISBN: 9780138401337 | 0138401330
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 10/1/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
This text emphasizes the ecological principles, policies, and practices to managage a sustainable future. It is a comprehensive text offering a scientifically thorough survey of natural resource and environmental issues with an emphasis on practical, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions.
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Prefaceix(3)
Acknowledgmentsxii(2)
Biographiesxiv
1. Natural Resource Conservation and Management: Past, Present, and Future
1(15)
A Crisis on Planet Earth?
1(2)
Quality of Human Life on Planet Earth
3(3)
A Brief History of the Resource Conservation, Environmental, and Sustainabilty Movements
6(3)
Classification of Natural Resources
9(2)
Approaches to Natural Resource Management
11(5)
2. Economics and Ethics: Foundations of a Sustainable Future
16(20)
Understanding Economics
18(3)
Creating a Sustainable Economy
21(6)
Toward Sustainable Ethics
27(3)
Critical Thinking and Sustainable Development
30(6)
3. Lessons From Ecology
36(31)
Levels of Organization
36(2)
Scientific Principles Relevant to Ecology
38(3)
The Flow of Energy through Ecosystems
41(12)
Ecological Principles
53(6)
The Biomes
59(4)
Ecology and Sustainability
63(4)
4. The Human Population Challenge
67(20)
Understanding Populations and Population Growth
69(5)
The Impacts of Overpopulation
74(2)
Population Growth in the More Developed Nations
76(2)
Population Growth in the Less Developed Nations
78(1)
Controlling the Growth of the World's Population
79(3)
Human Population and the Earth's Carrying Capacity
82(5)
5. World Hunger: Solving the Problem Sustainably
87(16)
World Hunger: Dimensions of the Problem
87(2)
Increasing Food Supplies Sustainably: An Overview
89(11)
Eliminating Poverty and Feeding the World's People
100(3)
6. The Nature of Soils
103(20)
Value of Soil
103(1)
Characteristics of Soil
103(7)
Soil Formation
110(3)
The Soil Profile
113(2)
Soil Classification
115(8)
7. Soil Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture
123(26)
The Nature of Soil Erosion
123(2)
The Dust Bowl
125(1)
The Shelterbelt Program
126(2)
Soil Erosion Today
128(2)
Factors Affecting the Rate of Soil Erosion by Water
130(1)
Controlling Soil Erosion by Water
131(8)
Alternative Agriculture
139(3)
Sustainable Agriculture
142(7)
8. Pesticides: Protecting Our Crops, Our Health, and Our Environment
149(26)
Where Do Pests Come From?
149(3)
Types of Chemical Pesticides: An Historical Perspective
152(1)
How Effective Are Pesticides?
153(3)
How Hazardous Are Pesticides?
156(5)
Sustainable Pest Control
161(9)
Are Pesticides Adequately Regulated?
170(5)
9. Managing Water Resources Sustainably
175(29)
The Water Cycle
176(5)
Flooding: Problems and Solutions
181(8)
Water Shortages: Issues and Solutions
189(6)
Irrigation: Issues and Solutions
195(9)
10. Water Pollution
204(36)
Types of Water Pollution
204(1)
Major Pollutants and Their Control
205(22)
Sewage Treatment and Disposal
227(8)
Legislating Water Pollution Control
235(2)
A World View of Water Pollution
237(3)
11. Aquatic Environments
240(39)
Wetlands
240(5)
The Lake Ecosystem
245(3)
The Stream Ecosystem
248(5)
The Coastal Environment
253(11)
The Ocean
264(15)
12. Fisheries Conservation
279(39)
Freshwater Fisheries
279(2)
Environmental Limitations to the Reproductive Potential of Freshwater Fish
281(10)
Sustainable Freshwater Fisheries Management
291(11)
Marine Fisheries
302(3)
Problems Facing the Marine Fisheries Industry
305(5)
Sustainable Marine Fisheries Management
310(3)
Aquaculture
313(5)
13. Rangeland Management
318(21)
Ecology of Rangelands
318(5)
Brief History of Range Use in the United States
323(2)
Rangeland Resources and Condition
325(5)
Range Management
330(9)
14. Forest Management
339(32)
Forest Ownership
339(1)
The U.S. Forest Service
339(5)
Wilderness
344(1)
National Parks
345(5)
Harvesting Trees
350(3)
Reforestation
353(3)
Control of Forest Pests
356(3)
Fire Management
359(4)
Meeting Future Timber Demands
363(1)
Tropical Deforestation
364(7)
15. Plant and Animal Extinction
371(23)
Extinction: Eroding the Earth's Biological Diversity
372(1)
Understanding Population Dynamics
373(5)
Causes of Extinction
378(9)
Methods of Preventing Extinction
387(3)
The Endangered Species Act
390(4)
16. Wildlife Management
394(29)
Wildlife
395(3)
Types of Animal Movements
398(1)
Mortality Factors
399(5)
Wildlife Management
404(7)
Regulating Populations
411(9)
Nongame Wildlife
420(3)
17. Sustainable Waste Management
423(21)
Municipal Waste: Tapping a Wasted Resource
423(1)
Managing Our Municipal Solid Wastes Sustainably
424(7)
Waste Disposal: The Final Option
431(2)
Hazardous Wastes
433(11)
18. Air Pollution
444(28)
Pollution of the Atmosphere
444(1)
Major Atmospheric Pollutants
445(4)
Factors Affecting Air Pollution Concentrations
449(2)
Effects of Air Pollution on Climate
451(3)
Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health
454(4)
Air Pollution Abatement and Control
458(6)
Indoor Air Pollution
464(8)
19. Air Pollution: Global Problems
472(22)
Global Climate Change
472(4)
Acid Deposition
476(10)
Depletion of Stratospheric Ozone
486(8)
20. Minerals, Mining, and a Sustainable Society
494(13)
Supply and Demand
494(4)
Can We Expand Our Mineral Supplies?
498(2)
Mineral Conservation Strategies
500(2)
Environmental Impacts of Mineral Production
502(5)
21. Nonrenewable Energy Resources: Issues and Options
507(33)
Global Energy Sources: An Overview
507(1)
A Closer Look at Nonrenewable Energy Resources
508(11)
The Nuclear Energy Option: Is It Sustainable?
519(15)
Fusion Reactors
534(2)
America's Energy Future
536(4)
22. Creating a Sustainable System of Energy: Efficiency and Renewable Energy
540(23)
Conservation
540(5)
Renewable Energy Strategies
545(18)
Glossary563(14)
Illustration Acknowledgments577(5)
Index582

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