Exploitation Conservation Preservation: A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use - Couverture rigide

Cutter, Susan L.; Renwick, William H.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471152250 ISBN 13 : 9780471152255

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Focusing on the environment and environmental policy, this text examines the dynamic interplay among the physical, economic, social, and political forces impacting the major natural resource issues of today's world. Written by authors with contrasting scientific and philosophical views, it presents a wide range of opinions and interpretations of these issues that results in a balanced review and solid basis for discussion. The inclusion of up-to-the minute, critical quantitative data on natural resource conditions and use, along with important Internet references, inform students while preparing them to analyze and evaluate the significance of resource patterns and trends as objectively as possible.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471152250
• ISBN 13: 9780471152255
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible