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Resources for the twenty-first century : proceedings of the international centennial symposium of the United States Geological Survey, held at Reston, Virginia, October 14-19, 1979 / F.C. Whitmore, Jr., and M.E. Williams, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 1193.
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 1193
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earth sciences--Congresses.
- Earth sciences.
- Natural resources--Congresses.
- Natural resources.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- proceedings (reports)
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 345 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Distribution:
- Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Superintedent of Documents, U.S. G.P.O., 1982.
- Place of Publication:
- [Reston, Va.] : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1982.
- Contents:
- Scope of earth-science challenges for the twenty-first century
- The International Centennial Symposium: Background and objectives / Frank C. Whitmore, Jr.
- Welcoming remarks: Interdependence of nations and influence of resources estimates / H. William Menard
- Greetings from the National Academy of Sciences / Philip Handler
- Major Challenges and Opportunities for National Geoscience Programs- a Brazilian viewpoint / J.R. de Andrade Ramos
- Mineral resources for the twenty-first century: Challenges and opportunities- An Indonesian viewpoint / Soetaryo Sigit
- Problems and requirements for identifying, exploring, and developing resources
- Selected resources problems of underdeveloped nations, and suggested solutions / Samuel Bonis
- The outlook from Korea on resources for the twenty-first century / Byung Koo Hyun
- An overview of problems and requirements for identifying, exploring, and developing resources- the outlook from Venezuela / Henrique J. Lavie
- Problems and requirements for identifying, exploring, and developing resources- outlook from Egypt / G.A. Moustafa
- Opportunities and perspectives in surveying, mapping, and cartography
- Surveying: status and further development / Eliz Lundin and Carl-Olof Ternryd
- Cartography today / J.A. Villasana L.
- Satellite data systems / G. Konecny
- Opportunities and perspectives in digital mapping and automated cartography / J.M. Zarzycki
- Challenges and problems concerning energy resources
- Sufficient energy raw materials for everyone? / F. Bender
- An international view of nuclear raw materials (uranium) / J. Cameron
- Problems of energy development in India during the twenty-first century / T.N. Basu
- World oil resources: their assessment and potential for the twenty-first century / Michel Grenon
- The growing oil scarcity and the challenge of future discoveries / Ahmed Zaki Yamani
- Challenges and problems concerning mineral resources
- Organizing a national assessment of mineral resources / Carlos Ruiz F.
- Mineral industry of Pakistan / S.A. Bilgrami
- Preliminary study of mineral resources of Latin America / G.P. Salas
- Exploring and evaluating seabed resources: the experience of the Committee for Coordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas (CCOP) / A. Johannas
- World nonfuel mineral supply: the outlook as we approach the twenty-first century / John D. Morgan
- Water and people
- Philippine water resource policies: an appraisal / Angel A. Alejandrino
- The legal and administrative implications of the hydrological cycle and water-related resources facing the twenty-first century / Guillermo J. Cano
- Droughts and floods / J.P. Bruce
- Geologic hazards
- Earthquake hazards, and requirements for their mitigation in the Andean region / A.A. Giesecke
- An earthquake research programme in Turkey / Nezihi Çanitez
- Volcano hazards-lessons learned in the eastern Caribbean / Richard S. Fiske
- The international, multidisciplinary approach to earthquake hazard reduction / Robert E. Wallace
- Assessment of earthquake prediction in seismic hazard reduction problems / Keichi Kasahara
- Urban development in relation to earthquakes, landslides, and unstable ground / I.L. Nersesov and F.F. Aptikaev
- Geologic hazards and man / John R. Rapp
- Geologic factors and the environment
- Environmental problems and geoscientific international cooperation / Martin O.C. Kursten
- Construction materials and ground water: important subjects for applied geological research in developing countries / B.P. Hageman
- Application of earth sciences to land-use problems in the United States with emphasis on the role of the U.S. Geological Survey / Donald R. Nichols
- Environmental mapping in India / M V.N. Murthy
- The Australian approach to environmental mapping / C.S. Christian
- Sidelooking airborne radar as a tool for natural resources mapping-the Brazilian approach / O. Bittencourt
- Prospects for the future
- New opportunities for geologists / Philip H. Abelson
- Earth history as moral science / R. Trümpy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Resources for the twenty-first century.
- OCLC:
- 679905652
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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