Includes bibliographical references.

Western resources and the national interest. Land policy and the development of the West : in the national interest / Charles M. Hardin -- Atomic energy : promise and problems. Atomic energy as a resource / E. Creutz -- Atomic energy and the law / William Mitchell -- Water : toward greater availability. Potential applications of new water technology in the West / George O.G. Lèof -- The South Platte River. Necessary elements in a master water plan for the South Platte River : a case study in regional water resource development. Opening statement / D.G. Hammond -- Irrigation's interest in maximum utilization of water / John R. Riter -- The state's position in planning and coordinating development of water resources / Felix L. Sparks -- Creating optimum development : the Colorado Water Conservation Board as planner / Glenn G. Saunders -- Flexibility in water rights : the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District / John R. Clayton -- The basin's economic importance : using research already done; a pattern for coordination / David J. Miller -- The role of the Corps of Engineers in a master water plan for the South Platte River Basin / D.G. Hammond -- A geographer's view of the problems of the South Platte / Gilbert F. White -- Conflict on the Colorado River. The issues in Arizona v. California : California's view / Charles E. Corker -- Comments on Arizona v. California from the standpoint of Arizona / J. Byron McCormick -- Conflicts between the upper and lower basins on the Colorado River / Edward W. Clyde -- Toward better river system planning. Report on the Harvard program of research in water resources development / Arthur Maass and Maynard M. Hufschmidt -- Ground water. Essentials for optimum use of ground-water resources / Harold E. Thomas -- Water law. Western water law and conflicts between states and the federal government / Hatfield Chilson -- Desirable revisions of western water law / Frank J. Trelease -- Land use. Changing patterns of land use in the West, I / Marion Clawson -- Changing patterns of land use in the West, II / Edward Woozley -- Minerals and energy. Development of mineral resources under existing mining law / R. Lauren Moran -- Potential of the western metal mining industry / Edwin H. Crabtree -- Western consumption and production of energy resources / C. Keith Millen -- Recreation. Are western recreation resources adequate to meet national and regional demands? / Stewart G. Case -- Recreation uses : protecting and developing them / Jackson M. Anderson -- Vision and the tasks at hand : research. Opportunities for graduate study and research in the resources field / R.G. Gustavson -- Inter-university cooperation for research in the resources field / Harold L. Enarson.