Natural Resources: Ecology, Economics, and Policy
Providing an introduction to the science of natural resource management, this textbook integrates ecology, history, planning, economics, and policy. It introduces basic concepts and then applies them to specific resources like air, water, soil, forests, rangeland, farmland, wildlife, fish, and minerals.
Additional attention is paid to outdoor recreation, food production, urban ecology, biodiversity and endangered species, renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, international development, sustainability, and technology.
