Environmental Economics, Sustainable Development, India, Biology, Environmental Science, Natural Resources, Business Development, Asia, Europe, Environmental Studies 

This work encourages readers to take a proactive approach by becoming better informed about the planet's life-support systems and by taking more responsibility as individuals for minimizing their impact on the environment. 

Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Philip Dearden; Bruce Mitchell
ISBN: 0195410149 9780195410143
OCLC Number: 37369920
Description: 565 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
Contents: pt. A. Environment, Resources, and Society --
1. Environmental Change and Challenge --
2. Sustainable Development --
3. Environmental Context for Canada --
pt. B. Ecosphere --
4. Energy Flows and Ecosystems --
5. Ecosystem Change --
6. Ecosystems and Matter Cycling --
7. Human Activity and Biogeochemical Cycling --
pt. C. Environmental Management Strategies --
8. Ecosystem Approach --
9. Adaptive Management --
10. Impact Assessment --
11. Stakeholders and Partnerships --
12. Conflict Resolution --
pt. D. Resource and Environmental Management in Canada --
13. Urban Environmental Management --
14. Agriculture --
15. Forestry --
16. Endangered Species --
17. Endangered Spaces --
18. Water --
19. Energy --
20. Global Commons --
pt. E. Environmental Change and Challenge Revisited --
21. Imperatives for Change: Clayoquot Sound, the Challenge --
22. Making It Happen. Appendix. Conservation Organizations.
Responsibility: Philip Dearden and Bruce Mitchell.