Natural Resources: Ecology, Economics, and Policy (2nd Edition)

Unlike other natural resource management volumes that focus solely on the ecological aspects of resourcesand with an overly pessimistic view of the futurethis volume explores natural resource management in context in a functional applied framework by integrating ecology history planning economics and policy into coverage of each natural resource and by providing a balanced guarded optimistic view of the most current research and technologys capability to overcome natural resource problems. Exceptionally straightforward and readable it is easily accessible to readers with limited background in ecology biology and economics. The volume provides an overview of natural resources and a complete analysis of management foundations air water and land resources the land-based renewable resources the wild living resources the mineral and energy resources plus an integration of natural resources management. For foresters wildlife biologists geologists range managers and environmental scientists.