Natural Resource Conservation: Management for a Sustainable Future

by Daniel D. Chiras, Oliver S. Owen, John P. Reganold, et al.

Book Overview

For introductory-level, undergraduate courses in natural resource conservation, natural resource management, environmental science, and environmental conservation. This comprehensive text describes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131458329
• ISBN13: 9780131458321
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 3.59 lbs.

Customer Reviews

good textbook

I bought this as a textbook for a class. I'm finding it well organized and thoughtful with a good amount of detail in each chapter.

Great Read (for a school text book)

I guess the title says it all 'Great Read (for a school text book)' This was a book that was required for a class I took. I read it from cover to cover. I have to say - each chapter was well written and interesting. Each chapter addressed a different natural resource (for example air, freshwater, etc) including many I never considered (like top soil). There is a newer edition out there. I contacted the publisher about an update. In hindsite I cannot believe that I, a simple minded student, would ask a publisher for an update! I guess that's just a testament to how interesting the book was, I was thinking perhaps maybe a pdf containing the 2 new chapters. The response I got was NO! Now that the stink eye has been focused on the publisher, there was one point in the book that was a bit annoying. I did not like how the text kept refering to a picture or figure or graphic that almost always was on the next or the previous page turn. I guess that's the challange of the publisher and will always be a problem with the published medium. OK ... so maybe I dont particularly care for the publishers, but it wont stop me from buying another book from them and this is still a great book.

Comprehensive Textbook on Sustainable Develoment & Conservation

Contents Include: [2002] 1 - Past, Present, and Future: Natural Resource Conservation and Management 2 - Foundations of a Sustainable Future; Economics and Ethics 3 - Lessons from Ecology 4 - The Human Population Challenge 5 - World Hunger: Solving the Problem Sustainable 6 - The Nature of Soils 7 - Soil Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture 8 - Pesticides: Protecting Our Crops, Our Health, and Our Environment 9 - Aquatic Environments 10 - Managing Water Resources Sustainability 11 - Water Pollution 12 - Fisheries Conservation 13 - Rangeland Management 14 - Forest Management 15 - Plant and Animal Extinction 16 - Wildlife Management 17 - Sustainable Waste Management 18 - Air Pollution 19 - Air Pollution: Global Problems 20 - Minerals, Mining, and a Sustainable Society 21 - Nonrenewable Energy Resources: Issues and Options 22 - Creating a Sustainable System of Energy: Efficiency and Renewable Energy