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  • 1
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    Natural Resources and Economic Development. (2005)
    Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,
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    Keywords: World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations. ; World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: Natural Resources and Economic Development, first published in 2005, was the first comprehensive analysis of natural resource use and economic development in poor countries. It explores the reasons why natural resource exploitation is not yielding greater benefits to the economies of Africa, Asia and Latin America, and proposes institutional and policy reforms.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (428 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9780511201202
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=244006
    DDC: 333.7/09172/4
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Natural resources and developing countries: an overview -- Natural capital and sustainable development -- Growth, environment and the EKC -- Natural capital and developing economies: some "stylized facts -- Stylized fact one: the majority of low and middle-income countries are highly dependent on primary product exports -- Stylized fact two: resource dependency in low and middle-income countries is associated with poor economic performance -- Stylized fact three: development in low and middle-income economies is associated with increased land conversion... -- Stylized fact four: a significant share of the population in low and middle-income economies is concentrated on fragile lands -- Final remarks -- Notes -- 2 Natural resource-based economic development in history -- The agricultural transition (from 8500 BC to 1 AD) -- The era of Malthusian stagnation (from 1 AD to 1000) -- The emergence of the world economy (from 1000 to 1500) -- The Great Frontier and the rise of Western Europe (from 1500 to 1913) -- The Atlantic economy triangular trade (from 1500 to 1860) -- The Golden Age of Resource-Based Development (from 1870 to 1913) -- Center-periphery trade, resource dependency and unequal development (from 1918 to the present) -- The colonial origins of comparative development (from 1500 to the present) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Does natural resource dependence hinder economic development? -- The resource curse hypothesis -- The open access exploitation hypothesis -- Factor endowment hypothesis -- Reinvesting the rents from natural capital -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Frontier expansion and economic development -- Resource-based development and frontier expansion. , Frontier expansion and economic performance: a simple test -- The frontier expansion hypothesis -- A model of frontier expansion in a small open economy -- Final remarks -- Optimal frontier expansion paths -- Appendix to Chapter 4 -- Notes -- 5 Explaining land use change in developing countries -- Global tropical deforestation and land use trends -- Factors determining agricultural land expansion -- A synthesis model -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 The economics of land conversion -- Institutional constraints and forest conversion -- A pure open access model of land conversion -- Institutional constraints and land conversion -- Case study 1: agricultural land expansion in pre-NAFTA Mexico -- Case study 2: shrimp farm expansion and mangrove loss in Thailand -- Final remarks -- Notes -- 7 Does water availability constrain economic development? -- A problem of global water scarcity? -- A model of water use and economic growth -- Cross-country empirical analysis of water and growth -- Implications for global water scarcity -- Case study: Hadejia-Jama'are river basin, Northern Nigeria -- Final remarks -- Notes -- 8 Rural poverty and resource degradation -- The "dualism within dualism" pattern of resource use -- Rent-seeking and resource wealth -- Inequality, poverty and resource degradation -- The "assetless" poor, rural labor employment and resource degradation -- Final remarks: implications for resource-based development -- Notes -- 9 Can frontier-based development be successful? -- Frontier expansion and successful resource-based development revisited -- The small open economy model revisited -- The social planner's problem -- Equilibrium in the decentralized economy -- Policy implications -- Final remarks -- Notes -- 10 Policies for sustainable resource-based development in poor economies. , Policies and institutions for successful resource-based development: an overview -- Reinvesting resource rents: Malaysia and Thailand -- Malaysia -- Thailand -- Sound policies and good institutions: Botswana -- Final remarks -- Note -- References -- Index.
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    Economics for the Wilds : Wildlife, Wildlands, Diversity and Development. (2019)
    Oxford :Taylor & Francis Group,
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    Keywords: Wildlife conservation-Economic aspects. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: Originally published in 1992 Economics for the Wilds argues that an economics that properly values the resources of the wilds offers the best long-term security for their future.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (241 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781000698268
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Ecology Series ; v.13
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5898091
    DDC: 333.95
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Wildlife and wildlands: diversity and development -- 2 Economics for the wilds -- 3 Appropriating the value of wildlife and wildlands -- 4 The role of wildlife utilization and other policies for diversity conservation -- 5 Community-based development in Africa -- 6 Wildlife tourism -- 7 Sustainable rainforest utilization -- 8 Wildlife and wildland utilization and conservation -- 9 Illegal exploitation of wildlife -- 10 The end of wildlands and wildlife? -- Index.
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  • 3
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    Capitalizing on Nature : Ecosystems As Natural Assets. (2011)
    Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,
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    Keywords: Ecosystem management. ; Environmental economics. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: Throughout our history we have tended to view ecosystems as limitless, abundant and always available for our use, exploitation and conversion. This book shows how modeling ecosystems as natural capital can help us to analyze the economic behavior that has led to the overuse of so much ecological wealth.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (338 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781139141918
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=803057
    DDC: 333.95
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Ecological scarcity as an economic problem -- Introduction -- The global problem of ecological scarcity -- Final remarks -- References -- 2 Ecosystem services and ecological landscapes -- Introduction -- Ecosystems and ecosystem services -- Assessing the value of ecosystem goods and services -- An example: wetland ecosystems -- Ecosystems as ecological landscapes -- Allocating ecological landscapes between competing uses -- Valuing nonmarket ecosystem services -- Hadejia-Jama'are floodplain, Nigeria -- Mangrove land use, Thailand -- Willamette Basin, Oregon, United States -- Estimating recreational benefits from past studies, Europe -- Final remarks -- References -- 3 The basic natural asset model -- Introduction -- One-time development of an ecological landscape -- Continuous conversion of an ecological landscape -- An ecological transition -- Forest transitions -- Tropical deforestation: the wider development and policy context -- Wetland restoration -- Replanting mangroves: the wider development and policy context -- Final remarks -- References -- 4 Spatial variation in ecosystems -- Introduction -- Coastal landscapes -- Storm protection by mangroves, Thailand -- A model with spatial production of ecosystem services -- Simulation of a mangrove ecosystem -- Synergies across seascapes -- Final remarks -- References -- 5 The open economy -- Introduction -- Resource dependency, rural poverty, and ecosystem loss -- The open economy natural asset model -- A change in the terms of trade -- Payment for ecosystem services -- Policy implications -- The case of REDD -- Do we really care about global ecosystems? -- Final remarks -- References -- 6 Ecological collapse -- Introduction. , Extending the natural asset model to allow for ecological collapse -- Risk of ecological collapse in the spatial landscape model -- Ecosystem resilience -- Extending the natural asset model to allow for ecosystem resilience -- Valuing ecosystem resilience -- Final remarks -- References -- 7 The way ahead -- Introduction -- Sustainable economic development -- Overcoming valuation challenges -- Ecological restoration and transitions -- International trade and payments for ecosystem services -- Thresholds, resilience, and collapse -- Final remarks -- References -- 8 Policies in the Age of Ecological Scarcity -- Introduction -- Sustainability challenge -- Funding challenge -- Equity challenge -- Final remarks -- References -- Index.
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    Nature and Wealth : Overcoming Environmental Scarcity and Inequality. (2015)
    London :Palgrave Macmillan UK,
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    Keywords: Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to create economic wealth. Ending the under-pricing of natural capital and insufficient human capital accumulation is essential to overcoming structural imbalance in modern economies.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (283 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781137403391
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4082223
    DDC: 333.7
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins of Economic Wealth -- 2 Natural Capital and Economic Development -- 3 Wealth, Structure and Functioning of Modern Economies -- 4 The Age of Ecological Scarcity -- 5 Structural Imbalance -- 6 The Underpricing of Nature -- 7 Wealth Inequality -- 8 Redressing the Structural Imbalance -- 9 Making the Transition -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.
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    Biodiversity and Ecological Economics : Participatory Approaches to Resource Management. (2000)
    London :Taylor & Francis Group,
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    Keywords: Environmental economics. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (271 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781351573702
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5058265
    DDC: 333.7
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- The contributors -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Part I Methodology, Paradigms, Ethics and Participation -- 1 Introduction and Background -- Introduction -- Biodiversity: Its functions and status -- Forests -- Marine systems -- Causes of biodiversity loss -- Protected areas: Functions and problems -- Outline of the book -- 2 Scientific Methodology -- Introduction -- Positivism and its influence on economics -- Post-normal science: A methodology for the study of environmental issues -- Constructivism -- Conclusion -- 3 Paradigms and Environmental Decision-making -- Introduction -- Ecological economics -- Neo-classical economics and the environment -- Expanding the human behavioural space -- Implications for decision-making -- 4 Economics, Intergenerational Equity and Biodiversity Conservation -- Introduction -- The economics of biodiversity -- Natural capital -- Ethics and intergenerational equity -- Implications for biodiversity conservation -- Conclusion -- 5 Economics, Land Use Planning and Participation -- Introduction -- CBA and the valuation of ecosystems -- Sustainable land use planning -- Participation -- Participation and conservation activities -- Concluding comments -- Summary of Part I -- Part II Case Studies -- 6 Conflict and Agreement in Australian Forests -- Introduction -- From colonies to country -- Policy revolution of the 1990s -- Rational intent -- Lessons and questions -- 7 Marine Conservation through Collaboration and Partnership: Recent Australian Experiences -- Introduction -- Policy background -- Great Australian Bight Marine Park -- Establishment and management of marine protected areas -- Conclusion -- 8 Biodiversity Conservation in Indonesia: Policy and Politics -- Introduction. , National biodiversity issues -- Can there be effective protected area management? Problems in reconciling the stakeholders -- Institutional change: Decentralization -- Conclusion -- 9 From Top-down to Participatory Planning: Conservation Lessons from the Adirondack Park, United States -- Introduction -- The global significance of the Adirondack Park -- The Adirondack Park Agency and top-down land use planning -- Community participatory processes: A new policy era? -- Participatory sustainable development in the Adirondacks -- Lessons to be learned, and challenges to come -- 10 Policy, Institutions, Values and Biodiversity Conservation in Vanuatu -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Institutions and policies affecting conservation -- People's Views and Use of Forests -- The Erromango Kauri Protected Area -- Protected areas in Malekula Island -- Discussion about the theoretical framework -- Concluding comments -- 11 Negotiating Agendas in Biodiversity Conservation: The India Ecodevelopment Project, Karnataka -- Introduction -- Integrated conservation and development projects -- Analytical framework and methods for the Nagaraholé study -- Actors, landscape and institutions in Nagaraholé -- From understanding specifics to policy implications -- Conclusion -- 12 Conflict Management in Community-based Natural Resource Projects: Experiences from the Lakekamu Basin Integrated Conservation -- Introduction -- Types of conflicts in natural resource management -- Conflict management in the Lakekamu ICPD -- Conflict management and sustainable livelihoods -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
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    Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans. (2009)
    Washington, D. C. :Island Press,
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    Keywords: Marine ecosystem management. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: Ecosystem-Based Management for the Oceans provides a conceptual framework for students and professionals who want to understand and utilize this powerful approach. And it employs case studies that draw on the experiences of EBM practitioners to demonstrate how EBM principles can be applied to real-world problems. This pioneering book provides a crucial foundation for changing the way we understand and interact with our oceans and coasts through science, management, and policy.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (393 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781610911313
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=3317513
    DDC: 577.7
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword: Lessons from the Ice Bear, Jane Lubchenco -- Preface: A Puget Sound Story, Anne D. Guerry -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Setting the Stage -- Ch 1: Why Ecosystem-Based Management? Karen L. McLeod and Heather M. Leslie -- Ch. 2: What do Managers Need? Andrew A. Rosenberg and Paul A. Sandifer -- Part 2: Conceptual Basis for Ecosystem-Based Management -- Ch. 3: The Oceans as Peopled Seascapes, Janna M. Shakeroff, Elliott L. Hazen, and Larry B. Crowder -- Ch. 4: Resilience Science, Heather M. Leslie and Ann P. Kinzig -- Ch. 5: Ecological Cross-Scale Interactions, Frédéric Guichard and Garry Peterson -- Ch. 6: Valuing Ecosystem Services, Lisa A. Wainger and James W. Boyd -- Part 3: Connecting Concepts to Practice -- Ch. 7: Monitoring and Evaluation, Les Kaufman, Leah Bunce Karrer, and Charles H. Peterson -- Ch. 8: Ecosystem Service Trade-offs, Edward B. Barbier -- Ch. 9: Integrating Local and Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Andrew (Anaru) Kliskey, Lilian (Naia) Alessa, and Brad Barr -- Ch. 10: Building the Legal and Institutional Framework, Janis Searles Jones and Steve Ganey -- Part 4: Marine Ecosystem-Based Management in Practice -- Ch. 11: Morro Bay, California, USA, Dean E. Wendt, Linwood Pendleton, and Don Maruska -- Ch. 12: Puget Sound, Washington, USA, Mary Ruckelshaus, Timothy Essington, and Phil Levin -- Ch. 13: Gulf of California, Mexico, Exequiel Ezcurra, Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, María de los Ángeles Carvajal, Richard Cudney-Bueno, and Jorge Torre -- Ch. 14: Eastern Scotian Shelf, Canada, Robert O'Boyle and Tana Worcester -- Ch. 15: Chesapeake Bay, USA, Donald F. Boesch and Erica B. Goldman. , Ch. 16: Lessons from National-Level Implementation Across the World, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Marjorie L. Mooney-Seus, Ilse Kiessling, Charlotte B. Mogensen, Robert O'Boyle, and Jonathan Peacey -- Ch. 17: State of Practice, Karen L. McLeod and Heather M. Leslie -- Part 5: Looking Ahead -- Ch. 18: Toward a New Ethic for the Oceans, Kathleen Dean Moore and Roly Russell -- Ch. 19: Ways Forward, Karen L. McLeod and Heather M. Leslie -- About the Editors -- Contributor Biographies -- Index.
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    Paradise Lost? : The Ecological Economics of Biodiversity. (2019)
    Oxford :Taylor & Francis Group,
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    Keywords: Biodiversity-Economic aspects. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: Originally published in 1994, Paradise Lost? book examines how the loss of biodiversity is one of the most serious problems the world faces, and suggests that new, interdisciplinary thinking is required to safeguard both us and the biosphere from the effects of species extinction.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (288 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781000703375
    Series Statement: Routledge Library Editions: Ecology Series ; v.2
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5898077
    DDC: 333.95
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Dedication -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- PART I IMPLICATIONS, DRIVING FORCES AND PERSPECTIVES -- 1. Background and Overview -- Biodiversity as a conservation and scientific issue -- Current status and prospects -- The ecological economics of biodiversity -- 2. Ecological and Economic Implications of Biodiversity Loss -- Ecological implications -- Economic implications -- Summary and conclusions: implications for sustainability -- 3. Ecological and Economic Perspectives: Convergence or Divergence? -- How ecology approaches the problem -- How economics approaches the problem -- The pros and cons of a single-discipline approach -- 4. Driving Forces for Biodiversity Loss -- Proximate and underlying causes: an overview -- Population pressure -- Economic incentives -- Institutions -- Culture and ethics -- PART II ANALYSIS OF SELECTED SYSTEMS -- 5. Forests -- Identification and analysis -- Management and policy -- Challenges to be addressed -- 6. Wetlands -- Identification and analysis -- Management and policy -- Challenges to be addressed -- 7. Estuarine and Marine Ecosystems -- Identification and analysis -- Management and policy -- Challenges to be addressed -- 8. Rangelands -- Identification and analysis -- Management and policy -- Challenges to be addressed -- PART ΙII LESSONS FOR MANAGEMENT AND POLICY -- 9. Instruments and Tools for Biodiversity Conservation -- System boundaries and limits: when do they matter? -- Safeguards for the future: when do they apply? -- Regulations and markets: when do they work? -- Challenges to be addressed -- 10. Policies and Institutions for Biodiversity Conservation -- International management and incentives -- Regional and national management -- Local management -- Challenges to be addressed. , PART IV CONCLUSIONS -- 11. Paradise Regained: The Challenges Ahead -- Is a single-discipline approach sufficient? -- Towards an ecological-economic synthesis -- The challenges ahead -- Glossary of selected ecological and economical terms -- Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations -- References -- Index.
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    Blueprint 4 : Capturing Global Environmental Value. (1995)
    London :Taylor & Francis Group,
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    Keywords: Environmental economics. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: Blueprint 4 continues the theme of Blueprint 2 in looking at the opportunities for using market forces for environmental ends. It assesses a range of possible imaginative 'global bargains', which give all parties a self-interested incentive to improve the global environment. The book begins by reviewing the principle global issues to be addressed, and then explains the mechanisms of resource degradation: how economic systems fail, the operation of trade on the environment and the effects of population growth and consumption patterns. It then shows how environmental value can be captured, and the basis, means and institutions for doing so.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (227 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781134163823
    Series Statement: Blueprint Series
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1743862
    DDC: 333.7
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Global issues -- 1 The global commons -- Ownership and care of the environment -- Global goods, global bads -- 2 Climate change -- Some global warming science -- Policy perspectives on climate change -- Estimating global warming damage -- Damage per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions -- The secondary benefits of warming abatement strategies -- Conclusions -- 3 The ozone layer -- Ozone -- CFCs and the depletion of the ozone layer -- The damage from ozone layer depletion -- The costs and benefits of CFC control -- 4 Biological diversity -- What is biological diversity? -- The loss of biodiversity -- Why is biodiversity important? The concept of total economic damage -- Measuring total economic value -- Is total economic value really total? -- Conclusions -- Part II Explaining resource degradation -- 5 The failure of economic systems -- Introduction -- The conversion of land -- A general theory of economic failure -- Local market failure -- Government failure -- Global appropriation failure -- 6 International trade and the environment -- Introduction -- The issues -- The benefits of free trade -- Free trade and environmental degradation -- Protection and environmental degradation -- The GATT and the environment -- Environmental disputes under GATT -- Justifying trade restrictions: the uni-directional externality case -- Justifying trade restrictions: the mutual externality case -- Trade liberalisation and environmental policy -- Do environmental regulations inhibit competitiveness? -- Conclusions on trade and the environment -- The World Trade Organisation -- 7 Population and poverty -- Introduction -- Econometric tests -- Environmental Kuznets curves -- 8 'Overconsumption' -- Resource scarcity. , The overconsumption hypothesis -- Tackling overconsumption of resources -- Conclusions -- Part III Capturing global value -- 9 Global bargains -- Introduction -- Sustainability and global value -- Mechanisms for value capture -- Conclusions on global bargains -- 10 The Global Environment Facility and Rio conventions -- Introduction -- The beginnings of the GEF -- The pilot phase -- The independent evaluation -- GEF II -- The Convention on Biological Diversity -- The Framework Convention on Climate Change -- 11 Incremental cost -- Introduction -- Incremental cost: the international agreements -- New resources and global benefits -- Global and national priorities -- Incremental cost -- An algebraic model of resource transfers and incremental cost -- The meaning of cost -- The baseline -- Conclusions -- 12 Joint implementation -- Introduction: the meaning of joint implementation -- The economics of trading emission reductions -- International agreements and joint implementation -- Cost efficiency -- Objections to trading pollution reductions -- Problems with joint implementation -- JI and national obligations -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.
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    Economics, Natural-Resource Scarcity and Development (Routledge Revivals) : Conventional and Alternative Views. (2013)
    Florence :Taylor & Francis Group,
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    Keywords: Natural resources -- Management. ; Economic development -- Environmental aspects. ; Electronic books.
    Description / Table of Contents: Global warming is an increasing problem, tropical forests are being wiped out and major upper watersheds are being degraded. Using insights provided by environmentalism, ecology and thermo-dynamics, this book - first published in 1989 - outlines an economic approach to the use of natural resources and particularly to the problem of environmental degradation. Edward Barbier reviews and critiques the long past of environmental and resource economics and then goes on to elaborate an economics which allows us to develop alternative strategies for dealing with the problems faced. With examples drawn from Latin America and Indonesia, he not only develops a major theoretical advance but shows how it can be applied. Barbier's work is an important and relevant contribution to the discussion surrounding the economics of environmental sustainability.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (244 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781135036621
    Series Statement: Routledge Revivals Series
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1244844
    DDC: 333.7
    Language: English
    Note: Cover -- Economics, Natural-Resource Scarcity and Development -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Economics and natural-resource scarcity -- Towards an economics of sustainable development -- 1. Historical Approaches to Natural-Resource Scarcity -- Malthusian and Ricardian scarcity -- Smith, Malthus and Ricardo -- Mill, Jevons and Marshall -- The special case of Marx -- Conclusion: The modern conventional view -- Appendix: The Malthus-Ricardo theory of diminishing returns -- 2. Non-Economic Influences -- Conservationism -- Ecology -- Thermodynamics -- Summary and conclusion: Towards an alternative view -- 3. Conventional Theory: Optimal Rates of Depletion -- Conventional theories of natural-resource scarcity -- Exhaustible resources -- Renewable resources -- Summary and conclusion -- 4. Conventional Theory: Pollution and Natural Environments -- Pollution as an externality -- Optimal pollution control: charges versus standards -- The preservation of natural environments over time -- Summary and conclusion -- 5. An Alternative View Of Natural-Resource Scarcity -- An alternative view of natural-resource scarcity -- A theoretical model -- Wider implications: Technology, tastes and time -- Summary and conclusion -- Appendix: A model of economic-environmental interaction -- 6. Two Examples: Deforestation in Amazonia and the Global Greenhouse Effect -- Deforestation in Amazonia -- Summary and conclusion -- The global greenhouse effect -- Summary and conclusion -- 7. Upper Watershed Degradation in Java -- On- and off-site effects -- Incentives for soil conservation -- Economic policies and investment strategies -- Summary and conclusion -- 8. Conclusion: An Economics of Sustainable Development -- Some definitions and conditions. , Sustainable development and advanced economies -- Sustainable development and developing economies -- Summary and conclusion -- Appendix: A model of optimal sustainable economic growth -- Index.
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    Ecosystems As Natural Assets. (2009)
    Boston :Now Publishers,
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    Keywords: Natural resources. ; Sustainable development. ; Electronic books.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (85 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9781601982872
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=3383718
    DDC: 333.95
    Language: English
    Note: Intro -- Editorial Board -- Editorial Scope -- Contents -- Introduction -- Ecosystem Services and Ecological Landscapes -- The Basic Natural Asset Model -- Spatial Variation in Ecosystems -- Open Economy Conditions -- Ecological Collapse -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References.
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