This comprehensive book provides all resource managers, allied scientists and students with an outstanding range of contemporary environmental resources management principles and techniques. The authors should be highly commended for elucidating several on going topical resource issues ( for example, population, food, soil, water, energy, forestry, biodiversity, global warming, etc.) and concepts including sustainable development, precautionary principle, tragedy of the commons, ecological footprint, carbon footprint, water footprint, carrying capacity, the system approach, demographic transition, etc. compelling and stimulating reading for students and practitioners of resource management.