TABLE OF CONTENTS 



TOPICS 



Page 



Population and demographic characteristics 1 



Transportation 32 



Residential and industrial development 55 



Socioeconomic trends in agriculture 101 



Mineral and oil resources 133 



Recreation and tourism 163 



Commercial and sport fisheries 195 



Multiple-use conflicts 221 



Environmental issues and regulations 243 



Energetics models of socioeconomic systems 278 



FIGURES 



Number Page 

 Population and Demographic Characteristics 



1 Florida population projections 7 



Transportation 



1 Ports and waterways in Florida 33 



2 Passenger and freight railroads 43 



3 Florida highways 45 



4 Pipelines in Florida 53 



Residential and Industrial Development 



1 Building permits in the Northwest Florida region 58 



2 Selected land uses in Escambia County 60 



3 Selected land uses in Okaloosa County 61 



4 Selected land uses in Bay County 62 



5 Major public land holdings and wetlands 70 



6 Privately owned utilities 88 



7 Rural electric cooperatives 89 



Mineral and Oil Resources 



1 Florida mineral resources 135 



2 Florida mineral industries 136 



3 Producing and plugged oil and gas fields 138 



4 Status of OCS lease areas off the Florida Gulf Coast 142 



5 Oil and gas production for the Gulf of Mexico 144 



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