GEOGRAPHY, RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT (2 Volume Set)

Book Details

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Editors: Robert W. Kates & Ian Burton

• Language: English

• Cover: Hardcover

• ISBN: 9788131610800

• Pages: 878

About the Book

This two-volume work collects the influential writings of Gilbert F. White, widely regarded as a leading figure in the field of natural resources, hazards, and human-environment interaction. Spanning over five decades, these selected writings reflect White’s impact on environmental science, resource management, and hazard mitigation.

Volume I: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White (486 Pages) offers an extensive collection of his key works, including seminal papers on water supply management, floods, and resource use. White’s work during his career as a civil servant, scientist, and educator is characterized by a deep commitment to understanding and improving the relationship between human activities and the natural environment. His writings emphasize the importance of stewardship, strategic planning in resource management, and environmental policy.

Volume II: Themes from the Work of Gilbert F. White (392 Pages) brings together the contributions of other prominent scholars, inspired by White’s work, to continue the conversation on topics such as flood hazards, climate awareness, and sustainable environmental practices. The second volume expands on the challenges and solutions for resource development and management, focusing on a global perspective and integrated approaches to hazard mitigation and environmental sustainability.

This collection is ideal for professionals, researchers, and scholars in the fields of geography, environmental studies, public policy, and disaster management, offering an invaluable resource for understanding the critical role of human-environment interaction in today’s world.

Contents

Volume I: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White

• Shortage of Public Water Supplies in the United States During 1934

• Human Adjustment to Floods

• A New Stage in Resources History

• A Perspective of River Basin Development

• Introductory Graduate Work for Geographers

• Strategic Aspects of Urban Floodplain Occupance

• Industrial Water Use: A Review

• The Changing Role of Water in Arid Lands

• The Choice of Use in Resource Management

• Critical Issues Concerning Geography in the Public Service—Introduction

• Review of Man, Mind, and Land: A Theory of Resource Use

• Vietnam: The Fourth Course

• Rediscovering the Earth

• Optimal Flood Damage Management: Retrospect and Prospect

• Formation and Role of Public Attitudes

• Strategies of American Water Management

• Preface to the Second Edition of Integrated River Basin Development

• Unresolved Issues

• The Meaning of the Environmental Crisis

• Drawers of Water: Domestic Water Use in East Africa

• Geography and Public Policy

• Natural Hazards Research

• The Last Settler's Syndrome

• Domestic Water Supply: Right or Good?

• The Role of Scientific Information in Anticipation and Prevention of Environmental Disputes

• Stewardship of the Earth

• National Perspective

• Global Life Support Systems

• Environment Bibliography: Gilbert F. White's Published Works, 1935–84

Volume II: Themes from the Work of Gilbert F. White

• Water Supply: Persistent Myths and Recurring Issues / M. Gordon Wolman & Abel Wolman

• Floods and Man: A Geographer’s Agenda / Rutherford H. Platt

• Integrative Concepts in Natural Resource Development and Policy / Marion Clawson

• Resource Use in Dry Places: Present Status and Potential Solutions / Douglas L. Johnson

• River Basin Development / J.C. Day, Enzo Fano, T.R. Lee, Frank Quinn, and W.R. Derrick Sewell

• Decision Making in Hazard and Resource Management / Howard Kunreuther and Paul Slovic

• The Citizen-Scholar: Education and Public Affairs / Elliot J. Feldman

• Awareness of Climate / F. Kenneth Hare and W.R. Derrick Sewell

• From Hazard Perception to Human Ecology / Anne V.T. Whyte

• Coping with Environmental Hazards / Timothy O’Riordan

• Energy Policy in Black and White: Belated Reflections on A Time to Choose / Kenneth E. Boulding

• Global Environmental Prospects / R.E. Munn

• The Great Climacteric, 1798–2048: The Transition to a Just and Sustainable Human Environment / Ian Burton and Robert W. Kates

About the Authors/Editors

Robert W. Kates is a Professor of Geography at Clark University and is well-known for his contributions to the understanding of human-environment interactions and the science of hazard mitigation.

Ian Burton is a Professor of Geography and former Director of the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Toronto. He has played a significant role in advancing environmental research and sustainability practices globally.