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Summary:
For introductory-level, undergraduate courses in natural resource conservation, natural resource management, environmental science, and environmental conservation. This comprehensive text provides the ecological principles, policies, and practices to manage a sustainable future. It emphasizes practical, cost-effective, sustainable solutions to these problems that make sense from social, economic, and environmental perspectives.
Customer Reviews:
Average Customer Rating:
good textbook
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I bought this as a textbook for a class. I'm finding it well organized and thoughtful with a good amount of detail in each chapter.
Great Read (for a school text book)
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I guess the title says it all 'Great Read (for a school text book)'
This was a book that was required for a class I took. I read it from cover to cover. I have to say - each chapter was well written and interesting. Each chapter addressed a different natural resource (for example air, freshwater, etc) including many I never considered (like top soil).
There is a newer edition out there. I contacted the publisher about an update. In hindsite I cannot believe that I, a simple minded student, would ask a publisher for an update! I guess that's just a testament to how interesting the book was, I was thinking perhaps maybe a pdf containing the 2 new chapters. The response I got was NO!
Now that the stink eye has been focused on the publisher, there was one point in the book that was a bit annoying. I did not like how the text kept refering to a picture or figure or graphic that almost always was on the next or the previous page turn. I guess that's the challange of the publisher and will always be a problem with the published medium.
OK ... so maybe I dont particularly care for the publishers, but it wont stop me from buying another book from them and this is still a great book.
Never got the Book
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I waited for almost a month for my book. Contacted seller and never heard until they wanted me to delete my bad review, claiming it wasn't their fault my book wasn't here. Failed assignments in my class because I lacked the presence of my textbook. I did however get a full refund BUT still no book. Don't order from this seller, they aren't reliable.
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