BCHxxxx  
Environmental Conservation and Resources Management
- Sample Course Pack

Instructor: Prof. A.B. Environment

Basic Booklist
Readings for Classes
Recommended Journals
Recommended Electronic Resources
Recommended Guides to Internet Resources
Dept. of Biology and Chemistry Past Examination Papers (to CityU Examination Papers Database)
Dept. of Biology and Chemistry Theses (to CityU Theses Online)


Basic Booklist

Natural resource conservation : management for a sustainable future / Oliver S. Owen, Daniel D. Chiras. (to Library Catalogue record)

Conservation ecology : biosphere & biosurvival / George W. Cox. (to Library Catalogue record)

Environmental impact assessment : theory and practice / Peter Wathern. (to Library Catalogue record)

Items available from the Reserve Section of the Library (to Course Reserves)


Readings for Classes

Complete the following basic readings in time for class as noted. You are also encouraged to read some more articles in the further readings section.

Date Topic and Readings
9 Sep 2004 Principles of conservation and management of renewable and non-renewable resources

Basic readings:

  1. Golden rules for sustainable resource management; Economic Record Endress, Lee H; Roumasset, James A; Sep 1994. Vol. 70, Iss. 210; p. 267
  2. Co-management of natural resources: A comparison of two caribou management systems; Human Organization Jack Kruse; Dave Klein; Steve Braund; Lisa Moorehead; Bill Simeone; Winter 1998. Vol. 57, Iss. 4; p. 447
  3. Choosing the Sources of Sustainable Energy; Science Peterson, Per F.; Vol. 291, Issue 5510, 2001, p1899
  4. Uncertainty and Irreversibility in Groundwater Resource Management.; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Yacov Tsur; Amos Zemel; September 1995, Vol. 29, No. 2, p.149-161

Further readings:

  1. Looking for a Path to Sustainability in Eastern Siberia.; Ecosystem Health Glazyrina, Irina P.; Dec98, Vol. 4, Issue 4, p.248
  2. Overexploitation of renewable resources: The role of misperceptions, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 37, Issue 1, 30 September 1998, Pages 107-127 Erling Moxnes
16 Sep 2004 Conservation and management of agriculture and forestry

Basic readings:

  1. Beyond soil conservation: Targeting environmental priorities in agriculture; Environment Potter, Clive; Sep 1996, September 1996, Vol. 38, Issue 7, p.25
  2. Forests for life: Eco-label: The mark of good management Consumers may succeed in safeguarding the forests where governments have failed, says Peter Knight. Just look for wood products that carry the symbol of first-class forestry; The Observer Peter Knight; Sep 29, 1996, p.016

Further readings:

  1. Conservation tillage and the use of energy and other inputs in US agriculture, Energy Economics, Noel D. Uri, Volume 20, Issue 4, September 1998, Pages 389-410
  2. Agrochemical use and the environment in Australia: A resource economics perspective, International Journal of Social Economics, Gamini Herath, Vol. 25, No. 2,3,4, 1998, pp.283-301
  3. Forestry and the Environment in China: the Current Situation and Strategic Choices, World Development, Runsheng Yin, Volume 26, Issue 12, December 1998, Pages 2153-2167
  4. Environmental Auditing: An Approach for Characterizing Tropospheric Ozone Risk to Forest... Environmental Management, William E. Hogsett, James E. Weber, David Tingey, Andrew Herstrom, E. Henry Lee, John A. Laurence, Volume 21, No. 1, p.105-120
23 Sep 2004 Conservation and management of wildlife and natural habitats

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30 Sep 2004 Conservation and management of fisheries resources and aquaculture

Basic readings:

  1. The effects of traditional fisheries management on fisheries yields and the coral-reef ecosystems of southern Kenya; Environmental Conservation T.R. MCCLANAHAN, H. GLAESEL, J. RUBENS, R. KIAMBO; Volume 24, Issue 02. June 1997, pp.105-120
  2. The Role of Research in Fisheries Management: The Conservation of Dolphins in the Eastern
    Tropical Pacific and the Exploitation of Southern Bluefin Tuna in the Southern Ocean
    Ocean Development and International Law, Harry Campbell; Samuel F. Herrick Jr.; Dale Squires; Vol. 31 No. 4, pp. 347-375
7 Oct 2004 Integrated coastal zone management
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21 Oct 2004 Conservation and protection of endangered species

Basic readings:

  1. Threatened Species Conservation in New South Wales, Australia: A Review of the Value of the Eight-part Test Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Thompson S.; Evans T. G.; January 2002, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 85-102(18)
  2. Estimation of Growth and Extinction Parameters for Endangered Species Ecological Monographs, Brian Dennis, Patricia L. Munholland, J. Michael Scott; Vol. 61, No. 2. (Jun., 1991), pp. 115-143
28 Oct 2004 The use of remote sensing techniques and GIS in the conservation and management of natural resources

Basic readings:

  1. A remote sensing-based integrated approach for sustainable development of land water resources; Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, IEEE Transactions on ; Rao, D.P.; Volume 31 Issue 2, May 2001, pp. 207-215
  2. Soil resource mapping for precision farming using remote sensing; IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium proceedings ; Selige, T.; Schmidhalter, U.; Volume: 7 , 2001, pp. 3138 - 3140
  3. Environmental impacts of groundwater exploitation using GIS Environmental Management and Health, P.D.Hedges; T.W. Charnock; 1999, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 72-78
4 Nov 2004 The use of modelling techniques in environmental conservation and management
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Recommended Journals

You are recommended to look for the most current articles on the topics covered by this course in the following journals:


Recommended Electronic Resources

The following electronic databases will help you to find articles/papers/Internet resources on the topics you are researching on:

CSA Illumina Databases:

Electronic Reference Library:


Recommended Guides to Internet Resources


Last modified on 30 Dec., 2006