Footprints on the Land:
An Assessment of Demographic Trends and the
Future of Natural Resources in the United States

H. Ken Cordell & Christine Overdevest, Principal Authors

This book is first an examination of the population, demographic, urban, rural, economic, leisure and recreation trends of the United States. It is a statistical story of change. Change that is flowing over time and over the landscape.

Second, this book is a story of the dynamics of place. A story of the geography and spatial characteristics of human change. Not only are we growing in numbers, and economically, we also are spreading upon and developing more of the landscape. In addition to telling the story of social change in the United States, we also use spatial analysis to help identify where this change intersects with our remaining natural land and water, public or private.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 - Natural lands and the American mind set
Chapter 2 - Trends in population
Chapter 3 - Changing U.S. social composition
Chapter 4 - Trends in urban growth
Chapter 5 - Rural communities in transition
Chapter 6 - Economic trends in the U.S.
Chapter 7 - Leisure and outdoor recreation
Chapter 8 - Footprints on the land: implications of population
and economic growth for this country's natural lands
Chapter 9 - Facing up to our concerns about our natural lands

As listed in the book, here are the "hotspot maps" not included in the book.
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