Examines geologic materials and processes affecting the human environment. Discusses geologic hazards, mineral and energy resources for the future, groundwater, surface water hydrology, and urban geology. Regularly scheduled laboratory. Designed to give students knowledge of resource use in the United States. Government policies and private enterprise practices of exploitation and conservation from settlement to the present are treated in historical perspective.
Emphasis is on the way resource use has shaped society.
Qualitative investigations and analysis of landscape systems. An analysis of problems occurring as a result of development and use of natural resources worldwide. The role of resource management and conservation to enhance the carrying capacity of the earth. A case-study approach to the management of global environmental problems. Natural resource use in agricultural systems with emphasis on principles of sustainability.