Encyclopedia of Sustainability Volume 4: Natural Resources and Sustainability

Natural Resources and Sustainability explores how human needs and desires, from sustenance and shelter to recreation and travel, have spurred the consumption of Earth's material resources. Scientists, ecologists, and other expert authors present the historical impact of commercial activities (in industries as varied as fisheries, agriculture, energy, and mineral extraction), discuss the global distribution and use of renewable and nonrenewable resources, and focus on innovative approaches for the future. Readers will learn why renewal doesn't necessarily put a resource beyond harm and why the no-free-lunch adage applies to all natural resources. In The 10-volume Berkshire Encyclopedia Of Sustainability Experts Around The World Provide Authoritative Coverage Of The Growing Body Of Knowledge About Ways To Restore The Planet. Focused On Solutions, This Interdisciplinary Publication Draws From The Natural, Physical, And Social Sciences. The Result Is A Unified, Organized, And Peer-reviewed Resource On Sustainability That Connects Academic Research To Real World Challenges And Provides A Balanced, Trustworthy Perspective On The Global Environmental Challenges In The 21st Century--publisher's Description. V. 1. The Spirit Of Sustainability -- V. 2. The Business Of Sustainability -- V. 3. The Law And Politics Of Sustainability -- V. 4. Natural Resources And Sustainability -- V. 5. Ecosystem Management And Sustainability -- V. 6. Measurements, Indicators, And Research Methods For Sustainability -- V. 7. China, India, And East And Southeast Asia : Assessing Sustainability -- V. 8. The Americas & Oceania : Assessing Sustainability -- V. 9. Afro-eurasia : Assessing Sustainability -- V. 10. The Future Of Sustainability [overviews, Future Views, And Review Essays]. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. In the 10-volume Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability , experts around the world provide authoritative coverage of the growing body of knowledge about ways to restore the planet. Focused on solutions, this interdisciplinary print and online publication draws from the natural, physical, and social sciences—geophysics, engineering, and resource management, to name a few—and from philosophy and religion. The result is a unified, organized, and peer-reviewed resource on sustainability that connects academic research to real world challenges and provides a balanced, trustworthy perspective on global environmental challenges in the 21st century. v. 1. The spirit of sustainability v. 2. The business of sustainability v. 3. The law and politics of sustainability v. 4. Natural resources and sustainability v. 5. Ecosystems management and sustainability v. 6. Measurements, indicators, and research methods for sustainability v. 7. China and India: assessing sustainability v. 8. The Americas & Oceania: assessing sustainability v. 9. Afro-Eurasia: assessing sustainability v. 10. Overviews, future views, and review essays