Encyclopedia of Global Resources

""Provides a wide variety of perspectives on views covering the Earth's resources. Includes articles covering soil, fisheries, forests, aluminum, the Industrial Revolution, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the hydrologic cycle, glass, and placer mineral deposits."--[Source inconnue]."
"575 easy-to-understand essays on all aspects of our natural resources, from their economic applications and benefits to the impact of their extraction. Provides a wide variety of perspectives on both traditional and more recent views of Earth's resources."
"Provides a wide variety of perspectives on views covering the Earth's resources. Includes articles covering soil, fisheries, forests, aluminum, the Industrial Revolution, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the hydrologic cycle, glass, and placer mineral deposits."@en
"The topic of our natural resources has become an important issue over the last few years. The abundance of some (and scarcity of others) has sparked many a debate. The four volumes in this set discuss not only the aspects of the resouces themselves, but their economic and social impact as well."@en