This work is an overview of the critical natural resource conflicts facing the United States and the world, and current attempts to resolve them peacefully.
Conflicts over natural resources are not new. But they are now worldwide, enduring, increasingly contentious, and in some cases, intractable. In this new book, political scientist Jacqueline Vaughn explores conflicts over natural resourcesboth renewable and nonrenewablein the United States and from a worldwide perspective.
Conflicts over Natural Resourcesfocuses on four major controversies: minerals, oil, and natural gas drilling; protected areas policy; range land management; and timber and forests. On the global level, the work also explores issues surrounding diamonds and precious metals, forest destruction, and water scarcity. For students, professionals, and lay readers alike, this book offers a thorough and balanced grounding in both the problems surrounding resource management and the successful strategies for resolution.
Jacqueline Vaughn, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. Her published works include
George W. Bush's Healthy Forests: Reframing the Environmental Debateand ABC-CLIO's
Environmental Activism: A Reference Handbook.
Both high school and college-level collections strong in resource management will findConflicts Over Natural Resourcesan important reference packed with articles, statistics and background history. Midwest Book Review
Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. Choice
For students, scholars, legislators, businesspeople, activists, and general readers. Book News
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