| Preface | xxi |
| Chapter 1 | Natural Resources: An Overview | 1 |
| Section 1 | Management Foundations | 21 |
| Chapter 2 | The Historical Perspective | 23 |
| Chapter 3 | Basic Ecology | 63 |
| Chapter 4 | Conservation Economics | 104 |
| Chapter 5 | Planning, Policy, and Administration | 127 |
| Section 2 | Air, Water, and Land Resources | 157 |
| Chapter 6 | Atmospheric Resources and Climate | 159 |
| Chapter 7 | Water Resources | 188 |
| Chapter 8 | Soil: The Basic Land Resource | 230 |
| Chapter 9 | Ecosystems of the United States | 260 |
| Section 3 | The Land-Based Renewable Resources | 311 |
| Chapter 10 | Forests and Forestry | 313 |
| Chapter 11 | Rangeland and Range Management | 357 |
| Chapter 12 | Farmland and Food Production | 391 |
| Chapter 13 | Outdoor Recreation | 417 |
| Chapter 14 | Urban Land-Use Management | 445 |
| The Urban Ecosystem | 445 |
| The Urban Ecosystem | 446 |
| Development of Urban Infrastructure | 453 |
| Population Redistribution and Urban Change | 460 |
| Urban Land-Use Planning | 463 |
| Contemporary Urban Land-Use Planning | 465 |
| Managing the Urban Ecosystem | 467 |
| Regional Planning Challenges | 481 |
| Literature Cited | 481 |
| Section 4 | The Wild Living Resources | 485 |
| Chapter 15 | Wildlife Conservation and Management | 487 |
| Chapter 16 | Fishery Conservation and Management | 529 |
| The Fishery Resource | 529 |
| Fishing for Food and Other Goods | 531 |
| Recreational Fishing | 540 |
| Fisheries Biodiversity Issues | 543 |
| Fishery Science and Management | 545 |
| The Fishery Professional | 553 |
| Future Fishery Issues | 557 |
| Chapter 17 | Biodiversity and Endangered Species Management | 561 |
| Section 5 | The Mineral and Energy Resources | 579 |
| Chapter 18 | Mineral Resources | 581 |
| Chapter 19 | Nonrenewable Energy Resources | 602 |
| Chapter 20 | Renewable Energy: The Sustainable Path to a Secure Energy Future | 636 |
| Section 6 | Integration of Natural Resources Management | 661 |
| Chapter 21 | Natural Resources and International Development | 663 |
| Chapter 22 | Economics and Economic Systems | 674 |
| Chapter 23 | Sustainable Development, Technology, and the Future | 699 |
| Glossary | 719 |
| Index | 751 |
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