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Peak Oil, Economic Growth, and Wildlife Conservation

Editors:

  1. J. Edward Gates

    1. University of Maryland Center for Enviro Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, USA

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  2. David L. Trauger

    1. University of Maryland Center for Enviro Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, USA

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  3. Brian Czech

    1. Center for the Advancement of the Steady, Arlington, USA

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  • The only book that integrates the topics of Peak Oil, economic growth, and wildlife conservation

  • Offers a multi-disciplinary approach that will be useful for wildlife and conservation ecologists, natural resource managers, planners, and policy-makers, economists and more

  • Peak Oil is one of the most important issues affecting humankind in this century

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Energy Dilemma

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      PDF

    2. Peaking of World Oil Production

      • J. Edward Gates
      Pages 3-27

    3. Energy Return on Investment (EROI), Liquid Fuel Production, and Consequences for Wildlife

      • Jason M. Townsend, Charles A. S. Hall, Timothy A. Volk, David Murphy, Godfrey Ofezu, Bobby Powers et al.
      Pages 29-61

  3. Economic Considerations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-86
      PDF

  5. Wildlife Conservation and the Future

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 279-279
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    2. Future Trends in Wildlife Conservation and Management Programs

      • J. Edward Gates, David L. Trauger
      Pages 281-298

    4. Envisioning an Alternative Future

      • J. Edward Gates, David L. Trauger, Brian Czech
      Pages 317-339
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About this book

The proposed book focuses on one of the most important issues affecting humankind in this century - Peak Oil or the declining availability of abundant, cheap energy—and its effects on our industrialized economy and wildlife conservation. Energy will be one of the defining issues of the 21st Century directly affecting wildlife conservation wherever energy extraction is a primary economic activity and indirectly through deepening economic recessions. Since cheap, abundant energy has been at the core of our industrial society, and has resulted in the technological advancements we enjoy today, the peak in world oil extraction would potentially have major impacts on civilization unless we prepare well in advance. One potential economic solution covered in the book would be a Steady State Economy with a stable population and per capita consumption, particularly in such industrialized countries as the United States. Furthermore, the lack of cheap, abundant energy directly and indirectly affects conservation efforts by professional societies and federal and state agencies, and NGOs concerned with wildlife issues. We need to recognize these potential problems and prepare, as much as possible, for the consequences stemming from them.
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Keywords

  • economic growth
  • oil shale
  • peak oil
  • steady state economy
  • wildlife conservation
  • wildlife management
  • Fish and Wildlife Biology
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Maryland Center for Enviro Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, USA

    J. Edward Gates, David L. Trauger

  • Center for the Advancement of the Steady, Arlington, USA

    Brian Czech

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Peak Oil, Economic Growth, and Wildlife Conservation

  • Editors: J. Edward Gates, David L. Trauger, Brian Czech

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1954-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-1953-6Published: 20 November 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5424-7Published: 10 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-1954-3Published: 20 November 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 346

  • Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 35 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Fossil Fuel, Conservation Biology, Animal Science, Economic Growth

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eBook USD 109.00
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  • ISBN: 978-1-4939-1954-3
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
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Softcover Book USD 149.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Learn about institutional subscriptions