1. Introduction to Geography By Arthur Getis Judith Getis Jerome D. Fellmann

2. Chapter 11 The Geography of Natural Resources

3. Overview §Resource Terminology §Energy Resources and Industrialization §Nonrenewable Energy Resources §Renewable Energy Resources §Nonfuel Mineral Resources §Food Resources §Land Resources §Resource Management

4. Resource Terminology §Renewable Resources §Nonrenewable Resources §Resource Reserves

5. Energy Resources and Industrialization

6. Nonrenewable Energy Resources §Crude Oil §Coal §Natural Gas §Synthetic Fuels l Coal Conversion l Oil Shale l Tar Sands

7. Nonrenewable Energy Resources (cont.) §Nuclear Energy l Nuclear Fission l Nuclear Fusion

8. Renewable Energy Resources §Biomass l Wood l Waste §Hydroelectric Power §Solar Power §Other Renewable Energy Resources l Geothermal Energy l Wind Power

9. Nonfuel Mineral Resources §The Distribution of Resources §Copper: A Case Study

10. Food Resources §Expansion of Cultivated Areas §Increasing Yields §Increasing Fish Consumption

11. Land Resources §Coastal Wetlands §Forest Resources l U.S. National Forests l Tropical Forests

12. Resource Management §Conservation §Reuse of Materials §Substitution