Natural Resource Economics

An Introduction

• Author(s): Barry C. Field,
• Publisher: Waveland Press
• Pages: 477
• ISBN_10: 157766390X
  ISBN_13: 9781577663904
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economics / General ,

Description:... Sect. I. Introduction -- 1. Important Issues in Natural Resource Economics -- 2. Natural Resources and the Economy -- Sect. II. Building Blocks -- 3. Willingness to Pay/Demand -- 4. Costs/Supply -- 5. Efficiency and Sustainability -- Sect. III. General Natural Resource Issues -- 6. Markets and Efficiency -- 7. Public Policy for Natural Resources -- Sect. IV. Natural Resource Analysis -- 8. Principles of Analysis -- 9. The Valuation of Natural Resources -- Sect. V. Applied Natural Resource Problems -- 10. Mineral Economics -- 11. Energy -- 12. Forest Economics -- 13. Marine Resources -- 14. Land Economics -- 15. Water Resources -- 16. Economics of Agriculture -- 17. Economics of Outdoor Recreation -- 18. The Economics of Wildlife Management -- 19. The Ecomomics of Biodiversity Preservation -- Sect. VI. Natural Resources in Developing Countries -- 20. Natural Resources and Economics Growth -- 21. Natural Resource Decisions in Developing Countries.