Geography, Resources and Environment (2 Vols set) -Hardcover

CONTENTS Volume I: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White (486 Pages) 1. Shortage of Public Water Supplies in the United States During 1934 2. Human Adjustment to Floods 3. A New Stage in Resources History 4. A Perspective of River Basin Development 5. Introductory Graduate Work for Geographers 6. Strategic Aspects of Urban Floodplain Occupance 7. Industrial Water Use: A Review 8. The Changing Role of Water in Arid Lands 9. The Choice of Use in Resource Management 10. Critical Issues Concerning Geography in the Public Service—Introduction 11. Review of Man, Mind, and Land: A Theory of Resource Use 12. Vietnam: The Fourth Course 13. Rediscovering the Earth 14. Optimal Flood Damage Management: Retrospect and Prospect 15. Formation and Role of Public Attitudes 16. Strategies of American Water Management 17. Preface to the Second Edition of Integrated River Basin Development 18. Unresolved Issues 19. The Meaning of the Environmental Crisis 20. Drawers of Water: Domestic Water Use in East Africa 21. Geography and Public Policy 22. Natural Hazards Research 23. The Last Settler's Syndrome 24. Domestic Water Supply: Right or Good? 25. The Role of Scientific Information in Anticipation and Prevention of Environmental Disputes 26. Stewardship of the Earth 27. National Perspective 28. Global Life Support Systems 29. Environment Bibliography: Gilbert F. White's Published Works, 1935–84