Overview
- Suitable for a broad readership, from popular science to graduate research
- Presents a comprehensive account on sustainable future of Earth's natural resources
- Individual chapters contributed by various experts in respective fields
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Earth System Sciences (SPRINGEREARTH)
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
On a Sustainable Future of the Earth’s Natural Resources is divided into three sections, with individual chapters contributed by experts on diff erent facets of the earth sciences, natural resources management and related issues. The first section focuses on the status of Earth’s resources; land, water, biota and atmosphere. Reviews on the rate of exploitation and the need to conserve these resources for future sustenance are also covered in this section. Th e following section includes chapters elucidating environmental, ecological, climatological and anthropological pressures on sustained nourishment with the Earth’s resources. The last section describes management practices, issues and perspectives on sociological, legal, administrative, ICT and strategic efforts that need to be implemented in order to sustain our natural resources. This book covers a broad spectrum of the Earth’s resources and sustenance, offering a comprehensive perspective on their past, present and future.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: On a Sustainable Future of the Earth's Natural Resources
Editors: Mu. Ramkumar
Series Title: Springer Earth System Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32917-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-32916-6Published: 04 April 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44349-7Published: 12 April 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32917-3Published: 21 March 2013
Series ISSN: 2197-9596
Series E-ISSN: 2197-960X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 554
Topics: Earth System Sciences, Climate Change Management and Policy, Mineral Resources, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Forestry Management