The Inland Waterways Commission and the multiple-use approach of resource management / Scott M. Shubitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shubitz, Scott M., author.

Series:

SAGE business cases.

SAGE business cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Inland Waterways Commission--Case studies.

United States.

Natural resources--Multiple use--United States--Case studies.

Natural resources.

Natural resources--United States--Management--Case studies.

Natural resources--Management.

Natural resources--Multiple use.

Management.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

During the last decades of the 19th century, U.S. businesses began exploiting the nation's natural resources at a level never seen before. There was, though, little regulation or planning by the government of how the country's resources were utilized. This was especially a problem for the nation's waterways, which were fundamentally intertwined with other resources like timber and minerals. With this understanding in mind, conservationists and regulators contributed to the development of an idea known as the "multiple use" approach to natural resource management--namely that one must consider all uses for a resource before it is developed. Central in the development of this idea was the Inland Waterways Commission, an advisory body that reported to the president. The establishment of the commission and its promotion of the multi-use approach signaled a new period when businesses were increasingly challenged to consider externalities and the wider implications of their operations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781529761139

1529761131

OCLC:

1228916315

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