ABSTRACT

Natural resources management has two principal dimensions : Science-illuminated (earth, space, hydrological, pedological, information, etc. sciences) management of local resources (waters, soils, bioresources, minerals, rocks, sediments, etc.) in an ecologically-sustainable manner, and Value-addition through processing of natural products, through

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Section 1: Introduction

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Section 2: Water resources management

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Section 3: Mineral resources management (U.Aswathanarayana, India)

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Section 4: Energy resources management (U.Aswathanarayana, India)

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1 Coal resources

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2 Oil and gas resources

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3 Nuclear fuel resources

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4 Renewable energy resources

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5 Strategy for a low-carbon footprint

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6 Exercises

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References

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Section 5: Bio resources and biodiversity (S. Balaji, India)

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1 Introduction

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2 What is biodiversity?

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3 Why conserve biodiversity

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4 Global biodiversity resources

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5 Erosion of biodiversity

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6 Climate change and biodiversity

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8 Biodiversity and biotechnology

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10 Future prospects

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12 Sample exercises

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References

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Section 6: Disaster management (U.Aswathanarayana, India)

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2 Vulnerability to hazardous events

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3 Marine hazards

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4 Nuclear energy accidents

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5 Integrated disaster preparedness

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6 Basic research and R&D

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References

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Section 7: Overview and integration