World resources, 1986. An assessment of the resource base that supports the global economy

Book · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5967355

An attempt is made to summarize information on resource management by exploring the relationships between natural resources quality, availability, management, and human welfare. It provides an international focus on problems demanding attention and multinational cooperative resolution. Topics of discussion include: population dynamics; human settlements; food and agriculture; forests and range lands; wildlife and habitat; freshwater management; atmosphere and climate; policies and institutions; and pollutants and forest decline.

• OSTI ID: 5967355
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290400 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources
510200* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
520200 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AGRICULTURE
CLIMATES
ECOSYSTEMS
FOOD
FORESTS
FRESH WATER
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HABITAT
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTANTS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
RANGELANDS
RESOURCES
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
WATER
WILD ANIMALS