HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Headley, J. C. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Headley, J. C.

Land and Water Use

pp. X, 364. Wynne Thorne, editor. Publication 73 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D. C., 1963 (Regular, $8.00, Prepaid to AAAS Members, $7.00)

University of Illinois, Urbana

ABSTRACT

This volume is a collection of papers presented at a symposium of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Denver, Colorado, on 27–29 December, 1961. The primary concern of the symposium was land and water as related resources, with specific focus on the mountain and plains region of the United States. The general flavor of the presentation is interdisciplinary with contributors from economics, geography, geology, meteorology, animal husbandry, conservation, forestry, and law. Authors of the various papers represent government agencies, universities, research foundations, private business, and the U. S. Congress.

Part I is an introduction by the editor reviewing the purpose of the symposium and each of the three sections yet to come. This is a general perspective of the problems in land and water resource allocation, pointing up the need for inventory of resources, assessment of public needs, definition of the responsibility and functions of government, and establishment of policy criteria.