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Download full textPostel, Sandra – 1985
This report addresses the global concern of water development and stresses the need for management of the water demand. Investments in water efficiency, recycling, and conservation are recommended over conventional water supply projects for greater cost behefits and production yield. Topic areas include: (1) water use trends in major crop…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources, Natural Resources, Recycling
Peer reviewedEdney, Julian J. – American Psychologist, 1980
Reviews four contrasting theories bearing on the concept of the commons dilemma, which deals with conflicts of individual v group interests over time. Focuses on the threats that commons problems pose to democratic principles in community structure. Discusses alternative directions for the resolution of resource crises. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Democratic Values, Depleted Resources, Group Behavior
Uniterra, 1982
Highlights the tenth session of the United Nation's Governing Council. Indicates that a clearer course is needed for the United Nations Environment Programme and that additional funds are desirable. Includes an edited extract of Dr. Mustafa Tolba's (UNEP's Executive Director) closing address. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Depleted Resources, Developing Nations, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedKennedy, Donald; Sant, Roger W. – Environment, 2000
The new presidential administration faces an array of urgent challenges. Complex public policy choices are necessary to address the near-term challenges of climate change and resource degradation which will help the United States deal with the chronic problems of global inequity and human deprivation. Outlines the environmental problems…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Conservation (Environment), Depleted Resources, Environmental Education
Uniterra, 1982
Presents principal resolutions adopted by the Session of a Special Character (SSC) of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme. Resolutions focus on achievements of Action Plan for Human Environment, new perceptions of environmental issues, environmental trends, and planning/implementation of environmental activities.…
Descriptors: Conferences, Depleted Resources, Environmental Education, Environmental Influences
American Petroleum Inst., Washington, DC. – 1983
In 1980, the American Petroleum Institute published the first edition of "Two Energy Futures." It described the U.S. energy experience of the 1970s and prospects for the 1980s, concluding that the nation could drastically reduce its dependence on uncertain sources of imported oil if the right choices were made by individuals and the…
Descriptors: Alternative Energy Sources, Coal, Depleted Resources, Energy
Teich, Albert H., Ed.; Thornton, Ray, Ed. – 1982
Recognizing that science and technology (S/T) have become increasingly relevant to important public policy issues, Congress has mandated the periodic preparation of a "Five Year Outlook for Science and Technology" to help U.S. policymakers anticipate and deal with these issues more effectively. This book, the result of a study conducted by the…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Depleted Resources, Developing Nations, Energy
