Natural Resource Conservation: Management for a Sustainable Future (9th Edition)

Natural Resource Conservation: Management for a Sustainable Future (9th Edition)
Автор
 
Год
 
Страниц
 
656
ISBN
 
0131458329
Издатель
 
Prentice Hall
Категория
 
Разное

Описание:

Natural Resource Conservation is written for the introductory resource conservation course. It is designed to provide comprehensive coverage of a variety of local, regional, national, and global resource and environmental issues from population growth to wetlands to sustainable agriculture to global air pollution. The first edition of this book was published in 1971, a year after the first Earth Day, by our esteemed colleague, the late Oliver S. Owen. To many observers, Earth Day marked the formal beginning of the environmental movement in the United States. Since that time, impressive gains have been made in air and water pollution control, species protection, forest management, and rangeland management. Despite this progress, many environmental problems still remain. Many others have grown worse. In 1970, for instance, the world population hovered around 3 billion. Today, it has exceeded the 6.4 billion mark and is growing by more than 80 million people a year. Hunger ...

Похожие книги

Economic Stimulus: Issues and PoliciesEconomic Stimulus: Issues and Policies
Автор: Jane Gravelle
Год: 2010
The Internet and Society: A Reference HandbookThe Internet and Society: A Reference Handbook
Автор: Bernadette Schell
Год: 2007
An AutobiographyAn Autobiography
Автор: Agatha Christie
Год: 1993