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Natural Resource Conservation : Management for a Sustainable Future

by: Chiras, Daniel D.; Reganold, John P.; Owen, Oliver S.

Natural Resource Conservation : Management for a Sustainable Future

by: Chiras, Daniel D.; Reganold, John P.; Owen, Oliver S.

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0131458329
Edition: 9th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2005
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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For introductory-level, undergraduate courses in natural resource conservation, natural resource management, environmental science, and environmental conservation.This comprehensive text provides the ecological principles, policies, and practices to manage a sustainable future. It emphasizes practical, cost-effective, sustainable solutions to these problems that make sense from social, economic, and environmental perspectives.

Preface

viii

Acknowledgments

Biographies

xii

Natural Resource Conservation and Management: Past, Present, and Future

(23)

A Crisis on Planet Earth?

(2)

Differing Viewpoints: Are We on a Sustainable Course?

(3)

A Brief History of the Resource Conservation, Environmental, and Sustainability Movements

(5)

Case Study 1.1 The Earth Summit and Beyond

(1)

Classification of Natural Resources

(1)

Approaches to Natural Resource Management

(3)

Changing Realities: The Nemesis Effect

(1)

New Tools for Resource Management: Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing

(3)

Risk and Risk Assessment

(1)

The Environment and You: The Importance of Citizen Action

(4)

Economics, Ethics, and Critical Thinking: Tools for Creating a Sustainable Future

(23)

Ethics in Resource Conservation 2.1 Ethics Versus Economics?

(1)

Understanding Economics

(4)

Creating a Sustainable Economy

(6)

Toward Sustainable Ethics

(11)

Case Study 2.1 Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Justice

(8)

Lessons From Ecology

(37)

Levels of Organization

(2)

Scientific Principles Relevant to Ecology

(3)

The Flow of Energy Through Ecosystems

(12)

Principles of Ecology

(9)

The Biomes

(6)

Case Study 3.1 Life Returns to Mount St. Helens: A Dramatic Example of Succession

(5)

Ecology and Sustainability

(5)

The Human Population Challenge

(19)

Understanding Populations and Population Growth

(6)

The Impact of Overpopulation

(2)

Population Growth in the More Developed Nations: A Closer Look

(1)

Ethics in Resource Conservation 4.1 Is Reproduction a Personal Right?

(1)

Population Growth in the Less Developed Nations: A Closer Look

(1)

Controlling the Growth of the World's Population

(3)

Human Population and the Earth's Carrying Capacity

(5)

Case Study 4.1 China: One of Family Planning's Success Stories?

(4)

World Hunger: Solving the Problem Sustainably

103

(17)

World Hunger: Dimensions of the Problem

103

(3)

Increasing Food Supplies Sustainably: An Overview

106

(10)

Ethics in Resource Conservation 5.1 Feeding People or Controlling Population Growth?

107

(9)

Poverty, Conflict, and Free Trade

116

(4)

The Nature of Soils

120

(18)

Value of Soil

120

(1)

Characteristics of Soil

120

(7)

Soil Formation

127

(3)

The Soil Profile

130

(1)

Soil Classification

131

(7)

Soil Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture

138

(27)

The Nature of Soil Erosion

138

(2)

The Dust Bowl

140

(2)

The Shelterbelt Program

142

(1)

Soil Erosion Today

143

(2)

Factors Affecting the Rate of Soil Erosion by Water

145

(1)

Controlling Soil Erosion by Water

146

(7)

Case Study 7.1 A 100-Year Study of the Effects of Cropping on Soil Erosion

147

(4)

A Closer Look 7.1 The Universal Soil Loss Equation

151

(2)

Alternative Agriculture

153

(3)

Sustainable Agriculture

156

(9)

GIS and Remote Sensing GIS, Remote Sensing, and Precision Farming

161

(4)

Integrated Pest Management

165

(24)

Where Do Pests Come From?

165

(2)

Types of Chemical Pesticides: A Historical Perspective

167

(1)

How Effective Are Pesticides?

168

(4)

How Hazardous Are Pesticides?

172

(5)

Are Pesticides Adequately Regulated?

177

(1)

Sustainable Pest Control

178

(11)

GIS and Remote Sensing Using Satellite Remote Sensing to Detect Pest Damage in Forests

179

(10)

Aquatic Environments

189

(33)

Wetlands

189

(8)

The Lake Ecosystem

197

(4)

The Stream Ecosystem

201

(2)

The Coastal Environment

203

(11)

The Ocean

214

(8)

Managing Water Resources Sustainably

222

(29)

The Water Cycle

223

(3)

Flooding: Problems and Solutions

226

(11)

Case Study 10.1 The Great Mississippi Flood of 1993

231

(1)

GIS and Remote Sensing GIS Aids Snow Monitoring and Modeling at the National Weather Service

232

(5)

Water Shortages: Issues and Solutions

237

(5)

Irrigation: Issues and Solutions

242

(9)

Water Pollution

251

(47)

Types of Water Pollution

251

(2)

Major Pollutants, Prevention, and Control

253

(21)

Case Study 11.1 The Zebra Mussel: A Water Contaminant from Europe

265

(9)

Sewage Treatment and Disposal

274

(10)

Case Study 11.2 Invisible Threat: Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes

277

(7)

Legislating Water Pollution Control

284

(2)

Pollution of Oceans

286

(7)

A World View of Water Pollution

293

(5)

Fisheries Conservation

298

(42)

Freshwater Fisheries

299

(1)

Environmental Limitations to the Reproductive Potential of Freshwater Fish

300

(11)

Case Study 12.1 The Sea Lamprey---Scourge of the Great Lakes

308

(3)

Sustainable Freshwater Fisheries Management

311

(13)

Case Study 12.2 Rebuilding Fish and Wildlife Populations on the Columbia River Drainage System

312

(4)

A Closer Look 12.1 Salmon Fever in the Great Lakes

316

(8)

Marine Fisheries

324

(2)

Problems Facing Marine Fisheries

326

(4)

Sustainable Marine Fisheries Management

330

(3)

Aquaculture

333

(7)

Rangeland Management

340

(25)

Ecology of Rangelands

340

(8)

A Closer Look 13.1 Prairie Restoration and the National Grasslands Story

342

(5)

A Closer Look 13.2 Causes of Desertification

347

(1)

Brief History of Range Use in the United States

348

(2)

Rangeland Resources and Condition

350

(5)

A Closer Look 13.3 Range Wars: Ranchers Versus Environmentalists

354

(1)

Range Management

355

(10)

Case Study 13.1 Methods of Coyote Control

361

(4)

Forest Management

365

(35)

Forest Ownership

365

(1)

The U.S. Forest Service

366

(3)

Harvesting Trees

369

(6)

A Closer Look 14.1 The Monoculture Controversy

371

(4)

Reforestation

375

(2)

A Closer Look 14.2 Genetic Engineering: The Key to Tomorrow's Superforests?

377

(1)

Control of Forest Pests

377

(3)

Fire Management

380

(4)

A Closer Look 14.3 Controlling Insect Outbreaks with Heterotypes

381

(3)

Meeting Future Timber Demands Sustainably

384

(1)

Preserving Wilderness

385

(2)

A Closer Look 14.4 Forest Conservation by Efficient Utilization

386

(1)

Protecting Natural Resources: National Parks

387

(5)

A Closer Look 14.5 The Wilderness Controversy

388

(4)

Reversing Tropical Deforestation

392

(8)

Plant and Animal Extinction

400

(20)

Extinction: Eroding the Earth's Biological Diversity

401

(1)

Causes of Extinction

402

(10)

Case Study 15.1 Dam Versus Darter: A Classic Confrontation

403

(2)

Case Study 15.2 The Passenger Pigeon: The Many Causes of Extinction

405

(4)

GIS and Remote Sensing Mapping Noxious Weeds with GIS

409

(2)

Ethics in Resource management 15.1 Do Other Species Have a Right to Exist?

411

(1)

Methods of Preventing Extinction

412

(3)

The Endangered Species Act

415

(5)

Wildlife Management

420

(29)

Wildlife

420

(3)

Types of Animal Movements

423

(1)

Mortality Factors

424

(6)

Wildlife Management

430

(7)

A Closer Look 16.1 The Hunting Controversy

431

(6)

Regulating Populations

437

(8)

Case Study 16.1 The Everglades: Water Troubles in a Wildlife Paradise

441

(4)

Ethics in Resource Conservation 16.1 To Kill or Not to Kill?

445

(1)

Nongame Wildlife

445

(4)

Sustainable Waste Management

449

(24)

Municipal Waste: Tapping a Wasted Resource

449

(2)

Managing Our Municipal Solid Wastes Sustainably

451

(7)

Ethics in Resource Conservation 17.1 Do We Have an Obligation to Future Generations?

452

(6)

Waste Disposal: The Final Option

458

(2)

Hazardous Wastes

460

(13)

Case Study 17.1 The Chemical Time Bomb at Love Canal

461

(7)

Case Study 17.2 Exporting Toxic Troubles

468

(5)

Air Pollution

473

(29)

Pollution of the Atmosphere

473

(2)

Major Atmospheric Pollutants

475

(5)

A Closer Look 18.1 The Clean Air Act

477

(3)

Factors Affecting Air Pollution Concentrations

480

(3)

Effects of Air Pollution on Local Climate

483

(1)

Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health

483

(4)

Case Study 18.1 Asbestos: The Dangers of a Useful Product

486

(1)

Air Pollution Abatement and Control

487

(8)

Case Study 18.2 Getting Charged Up Over Electric Cars

494

(1)

Indoor Air Pollution

495

(7)

Case Study 18.3 Tobacco Smoke: The Deadliest Air Pollutant

496

(6)

Air Pollution: Global Problems

502

(27)

Global Climate Change

503

(6)

Acid Deposition

509

(10)

GIS and Remote Sensing GIS Aids Emergency Response and Survival Strategies in Bangladesh

510

(9)

Depletion of Stratospheric Ozone

519

(10)

Ethics in Resource Conservation 19.1 Debate Over Global Warming and Ozone Depletion: Do We Have an Obligation to Other Countries?

525

(4)

Minerals, Mining, and a Sustainable Society

529

(14)

Supply and Demand

529

(4)

Can We Expand Our Mineral Supplies?

533

(2)

Mineral Conservation Strategies

535

(2)

Environmental Impacts of Mineral Production

537

(6)

Nonrenewable Energy Resources: Issues and Options

543

(32)

Global Energy Sources: An Overview

544

(1)

A Closer Look at Nonrenewable Energy Resources

545

(10)

The Nuclear Energy Option: Is It Sustainable?

555

(14)

Fusion Reactors

569

(1)

America's Energy Future

570

(5)

Creating a Sustainable System of Energy: Efficiency and Renewable Energy

575

(23)

Conservation

575

(5)

Renewable Energy Strategies

580

(15)

Summary

595

(3)

Afterword

598

(2)

Glossary

600

(17)

Illustration Acknowledgments

617

(2)

Index

619

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