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Handbook on the economics of natural resources / edited by Robert Halvorsen, professor of economics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, David F. Layton, professor of public affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural resources--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Natural resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (554 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The topics discussed in the Handbook on the Economics of Natural Resources are essential for those looking to understand how best to use and conserve the resources that form the foundation for human well-being. These include nonrenewable resources, modeling of biological resources, conservation of biological resources and water resources. The expert contributors of this Handbook provide solutions to many of the problems that growing populations now face, and sketch the likely future developments in the field of natural resource economics whilst paving the way for new thinking.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; PART I NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES; 1. Basic economics of nonrenewable resource use; 2. The Hotelling model with multiple demands; 3. Empirical evidence on the theory of nonrenewable resource economics; 4. The taxation of nonrenewable natural resources; 5. Rent taxes and royalties in designing fiscal regimes for nonrenewable resources; 6. The political basis of the resource curse; PART II MODELING OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES; 7. Bioeconomics: nature as capital; 8. The forest harvesting problem: have we reached the limit of our understanding?
- 9. Biological resistancePART III CONSERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES; 10. Structuring rights and privileges in catch share systems; 11. Spatial economics of forest conservation; 12. Ecosystem services; 13. Conservation prioritization using reservesite selection methods; PART IV WATER RESOURCES; 14. Water economics; 15. Water rate policy: prescription and practice; 16. Water institutions and the law of one price; 17. Water quality and economics: willingness to pay, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and new research frontiers; 18. Transboundary water issues; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 2, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-85793-756-1
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