Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White

by Robert W. Kates, Ian Burton

Overview

Gilbert F. White is the preeminent geographer of natural resources, hazards, and the human environment. During fifty years of professional work as civil servant, scientist, and educator, he authored numerous books and papers. This volume is the first collection of White's work, spanning his interests and career from 1934 to 1984. Individual introductions by the editors place each selection in historical perspective and assay its significance. With the companion volume, Theme from the Work of Gilbert F. White, White's writings, and the work that he inspired, are now readily accessible to all who share his concern for the stewardship of the earth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226425740
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	02/01/1986
Series:	Geography, Resources, and Environment Series
Pages:	486
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Robert W. Kates is professor of geography at Clark University. Ian Burton is professor of geography and former director of the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Toronto. Kates and Burton, who have published widely, are the coeditors of Readings in Resource Management and Conservation, published by the University of Chicago Press.

Table of Contents

1. Shortage and Public Water Supplies in the United States During 1934
2. Human Adjustment to Floods
3. A New Stage in Resources History
4. A Perspective of River Basin Development
5. Introductory Graduate Work for Geographers
6. Strategic Aspects of Urban Floodplain Occupance
7. Industrial Water Use: A Review
8. The Changing Role of Water in Arid Lands
9. The Choice of Use in Resource Management
10. Critical Issues Concerning Geography in the Public Service—Introduction
11. Review of Man, Mind, and Land: A Theory of Resource Use
12. Vietnam: The Fourth Course
13. Rediscovering the Earth
14. Optimal Flood Damage
15. Formation and Role of Public Attitudes
16. Strategies of American Water Management
17. Preface to the Second Edition of Integrated River Basin Development
18. Unresolved Issues
19. The Meaning of the Environmental Crisis
20. Drawers of Water: Domestic Water Use in East Africa
21. Geography and Public Policy
22. Natural Hazards Research
23. The Last Settler's Syndrome
24. Domestic Water Supply: Right or Good?
25. The Role of Scientific Information in Anticipation and Prevention of Environmental Disputes
26. Stewardship of the Earth
27. National Perspective
28. Global Life Support Systems
29. Environment
Bibliography: Gilbert F. White's Published Works, 1935-84