Natural resources : allocation, economics and policy

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Natural resources : allocation, economics and policy

Judith Rees

Routledge, 1990

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Previous ed.: London : Methuen, 1985

Bibliography: p. [446]-476

Includes indexes

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: pbk ISBN 9780415051033

Description

An interdisciplinary study of both renewable and non-renewable global resources. The author analyzes the spatial distribution of resource availability, development and consumption and the distribution of resource-generated wealth.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Natural Resources: Their Nature and Scarcity 3. Minerals: Distribution, Production and Economics 4. The Performance of the Mineral Production Process 5. Public Intervention in Mineral Sector 6. Renewable Resources: The Diversity of Perspectives 7. The Allocation of Renewable Resource Flows: Economic Perspectives and Mechanisms 8. Evaluating Conservation and Flow Augmentation Decisions 9. The Policy and Practice of Renewable Resource Management 10. Muddling Through, Social Revolution or Ecocatastrophe Postscript The Search for Sustainability.
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ISBN 9780415051040

Description

Provides an interdisciplinary study of both renewable and non-renewable global resources. Judith Rees analyses the spatial distribution of resource availability, development and consumption and the distribution of resource-generated wealth. This book should be of interest to lecturers and students of geography, environmental studies, resource management.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Natural Resources: Their Nature and Scarcity 3. Minerals: Distribution, Production and Economics 4. The Performance of the Mineral Production Process 5. Public Intervention in Mineral Sector 6. Renewable Resources: The Diversity of Perspectives 7. The Allocation of Renewable Resource Flows: Economic Perspectives and Mechanisms 8. Evaluating Conservation and Flow Augmentation Decisions 9. The Policy and Practice of Renewable Resource Management 10. Muddling Through, Social Revolution or Ecocatastrophe Postscript The Search for Sustainability.

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