TABLE OF CONTENTS 



TOPICS 



Page 



Population and demographic characteristics 1 



Transportation 26 



Residential and industrial development 53 



Socioeconomic trends in agriculture 90 



Mineral and oil resources 125 



Recreation and tourism 159 



Commercial and sport fisheries 193 



Multiple-use conflicts 222 



Environmental issues and regulations 254 



Energetics models of socioeconomic systems 306 



FIGURES 



Number Page 

 Population and Demographic Characteristics 



1 Southwest Florida study region 2 



Transportation 



1 Location of ports and waterways 27 



2 Passenger and freight railroads in Florida . 39 



3 Major Florida highways 41 



4 Location of major pipelines 50 



Residential and Industrial Development 



1 Land use categories in Hillsborough County 56 



2 Location of privately owned electric facilities 79 



Mineral and Oil Resources 



1 Florida mineral resources 127 



2 Florida mineral industries 128 



3 Florida counties with identified phosphate deposits 133 



4 Producing and plugged oil and gas fields 138 



5 Status of OCS lease areas off the Florida Gulf Coast 141 



6 Projected oil and aas production for the Gulf of Mexico 144 



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