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The Economics of Natural Resource Use John M. Hartwick

The Economics of Natural Resource Use By John M. Hartwick

The Economics of Natural Resource Use by John M. Hartwick


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This text is an examination of the economics of using natural resources in the modern economy. Presenting economic concepts essential to examining how resources can be sustained, extracted and harvested, use is made of diagrams and accompanying algebraic models.

The Economics of Natural Resource Use Summary

The Economics of Natural Resource Use by John M. Hartwick

The Economics of Natural Resource Use is the only current text focusing solely on natural resources (without environmental economics) for all of North America. The Second Edition stresses the economics of sustainability and continues with thorough coverage of land and water use, fisheries, pollution policy, nonrenewable resources, and forests. Intended for use in both undergraduate and graduate classes. Advanced chapters are included for use in honors/graduate courses.

Table of Contents

I. APPROACHING THE STUDY OF NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS.

1. Economic Concepts for Examining Natural Resource Use.
2. Sustainability and Natural Resource Scarcity.

II. THE USE OF STATIC OR STEADY STATE MODELS TO EXAMINE NATURAL RESOURCE USE.

3. The Valuation and Use of Land and Water.
4. The Economics of the Fishery: An Introduction.
5. Regulation of the Fishery.
6. An Introduction to Environmental Resources: Externalities and Pollution.
7. Pollution Policy in Practice.

III. NATURAL RESOURCE USE IN AN INTERTEMPORAL SETTING.

8. Nonrenewable Resource Use: The Theory of Depletion.
9. Nonrenewable Natural Resource Use: Departures from the Competitive Case and from Fixed Stock Size.
10. Forest Use.
11. Dynamic Models of the Fishery.
12. The Economics of Sustainability.

Additional information

GOR004910317
9780321014283
0321014286
The Economics of Natural Resource Use by John M. Hartwick
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Pearson Education (US)
1997-09-29
448
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