Natural Resource Economics: An Introduction, Third Edition
Language: English
Published by Waveland Press, Inc., 2015
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- Title
- Natural Resource Economics: An Introduction, Third Edition
- Author
- Barry C. Field
- Publisher
- Waveland Press, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- acceptable
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1478627808
- ISBN 13
- 9781478627807
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
Employing a logical structure and easy-to-understand descriptions, Field covers fundamental economic principles and their general application to natural resource use. These principles are further developed in chapters devoted to specific resources. Moreover, this up-to-date volume addresses the challenge of achieving socially beneficial utilization rates in the twenty-first century amid continuing population growth, urbanization, and global climate change.
Topics new to the Third Edition include:
• implications of climate change on resources
• fracking
• energy intensity and the energy efficiency gap
• reducing fossil energy
• forests and carbon
• international water issues
• globalization and trade in natural resources
Not-for-sale instructor's resource materials available online to college and university faculty only; contact publisher directly.
Also by Barry C. Field and available from Waveland Press: Environmental Policy: An Introduction (ISBN 9781577664284).
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Review
"The design of the book with sections on economic building blocks and natural resource analysis coming before specific application chapters on minerals, energy, water, agriculture, etc. is a good pedagogic tool." --N. Eric Hampton, St. Cloud State University
"Field presents all of the important topics and issues related to natural resource use, as well as a nice balance of theoretical principles and policy analysis." --Paul M. Comolli, University of Kansas
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