Keywords:
Renewable natural resources -- United States -- Management.
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Renewable natural resources -- Government policy -- United States.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
By recording one country's experience with its vast natural resource base, America's Renewable Resources: Historical Trends and Current Challenges will help to inform the management of future demands on the resource base in the U.S. and throughout the world. The contributors focus specifically on renewable resources--water, forests, rangeland, cropland and soils, and wildlife--which possess the capacity to restore themselves after they have be consumed. Because this capacity can be destroyed and the time required for restoration can be very long, a balance in their use is necessary to sustain continued productivity. In arresting fashion, the authors trace the history of each resource's use from early colonial times through periods of dramatic, sometimes cataclysmic, changes in its utilization by an expanding, diversifying society. They show how unforeseen consequences have forced social institutions into existence and compelled policy makers, especially at the federal level, to deal with problems for which they were largely unprepared. America's Renewable Resources, by examining changes in demand, technologies, policies, and institutions, will assist both policy makers and the public at large to look past short-term events to the conditions fundamental to maintaining our future economic and environmental wellbeing. Originally published in 1991.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (317 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781135994426
Series Statement:
RFF Natural Resource Management Set Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1486865
DDC:
333.70973
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1 Overview: Renewable Resource Trends -- Review of Past Trends -- The Renewability of Resources -- Survey of the Chapters -- Lessons and Themes -- The Adequacy of Resources -- Challenges -- References -- 2 Water Resources: Increasing Demand and Scarce Supplies -- The Nature of Water Resources -- Water Uses -- Water Resources Use and Management in the Nineteenth Century -- The Conservation Period: 1900-1920 -- Private Versus Public Water Development: 1921-1932 -- The Growing Federal Role: 1933-1944 -- Reshaping the Nation's Waters for Economic Development: 1945-1969 -- Encountering Economic and Environmental Limits: 1970-1990 -- Meeting Future Water Demands -- Notes -- Appendix -- References -- 3 Forest Resources: Resilient and Serviceable -- Abundant Forests and the Conversion to Agriculture: 1600-1849 -- Nadir of the Forests and the Provision of Management: 1850-1920 -- Rebirth of the Forest: 1921 through World War II -- Improved Management: Post-World War II to the Present -- The Current Condition of the American Forest -- Interpreting the Historical Experience of the Forests -- The Future of the U.S. Forest Estate -- Notes -- Appendix -- References -- 4 Rangeland Resources: Changing Uses and Productivity -- Criteria for Measuring Range Condition -- Overgrazing and Poor Climate: The Cenozoic Era Up to 1890 -- Rangeland Protection Policies: 1890-1934 -- Shifts in Land Use Demand: 1934-1990 -- The Task Remaining: Evaluating Rangeland Condition and Improving Rangeland Management -- Notes -- Appendix -- References -- 5 Cropland and Soils: Past Performance and Policy Challenges -- Changing Cropland Use Patterns and Their Effects: 1800-1910 -- The Transition from Stable to Increasing Productivity: 1910-1940.
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Forces Affecting Cropland and Soils: 1940-1990 -- A Perspective on the Future -- Notes -- References -- 6 Wildlife: Severe Decline and Partial Recovery -- Wildlife in America Before 1900 -- The Conservation Era: 1890-1940 -- The Modern Period: 1940-1988 -- Prospects for the Wildlife Resource -- Notes -- Appendix -- References -- 7 The Growing Role of Outdoor Recreation -- From the Colonial Period to 1870: Little Outdoor Recreation Use -- The Beginnings of Conservation: 1870-1920 -- An Expanding Federal Role: The Interwar Years and War Years, 1920-1945 -- Rapid Growth: 1945-1970 -- Environmental Activism: 1970 to the Present -- Future Use and Management Issues -- Notes -- Appendix -- References -- About the Authors -- Photo Credits -- Index.
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