Atlas of United States Environmental Issues.(Brief Article)

Among all the countries of the world, the United States is the largest user of natural resources, has the third highest per capita income, and has the fourth largest land area and population. As the authors from the Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University observe, these riches of resources, land, and people, combined with the people's individualism, distaste for planning, and utilitarian (dis)regard for natural resources, all make for an …