Natural resource economics : an introduction
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Natural resource economics : an introduction
McGraw-Hill, c2001
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Description
This work, a companion to Barry Field's "Environmental Economics: An Introduction", examines how we use our natural resources, highlights some of the mistakes we have made in doing so, and teaches students to analyze these decisions.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: natural resources and the economy. Part 2 Building blocks: willingness to pay/demand
- costs/supply
- efficiency and sustainability. Part 3 General natural resource issues: markets and efficiency
- public policy for natural resources. Part 4 Natural resource analysis: principles of analysis
- the valuation of natural resources. Part 5 Applied natural resource problems
- mineral economics
- energy
- forest economics
- marine resources
- land economics
- water economics
- economics of agriculture
- economics of outdoor recreation
- the economics of wildlife management
- the economics of biodiversity preservation. Part 6 Natural economics in developing countries: natural resources and economic growth
- natural resource decisions in developing countries.
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