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Exploitation Conservation Preservation: A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use, Fourth ED
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More About This Title Exploitation Conservation Preservation: A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use, Fourth ED

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Integrating physical, economic, social, and political perspectives, Cutter and Renwick's Fourth Edition presents readers with a wide range of opinions and interpretations of the major natural resource issues facing the world today.
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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.

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1 Natural Resources: Thoughts, Words, and Deeds

2 Economics of Natural Resources

3 Environmental History, Politics, and Decision Making

4 Ecologic Perspectives on Natural Resources

5 The Human Population

6 Agriculture and Food Production

7 Forests

8 Biodiversity and Habitat

9 Marine Resources: Common Property Dilemmas

10 Water Quantity and Quality

11 The Air Resource and Urban Air Quality

12 Regional and Global Atmospheric Change

13 Non-fuel Minerals

14 Energy Resources

15 The Transition to a Global Sustainable Society

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