Natural Resource Economics An Introduction

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 480 pages
• Published by: Waveland Pr Inc
• Edition: 2nd Edition March 30, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1577665317
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1577665311
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Product Description
People make decisions regarding the use of natural resources every day, from the individual recycling a sheet of paper to governments of large nations creating energy policy. Those decisions ultimately affect people around the world. Their motivation and results are best framed and analyzed using the tools of natural resource economics. Field presents the methods and applications of the discipline in the latest edition of his popular text. The updated book retains its successful structure, first presenting basic economic principles as they apply to natural resource use and then looking at the economic issues surrounding individual resources. New material is included on: energy demand and efficiency; nonrenewable resources; individual transferable fishing quotas; water pricing; agricultural cropland programs; and the Endangered Species Act.

Publisher Description
Also by Barry C. Field: Environmental Policy: An Introduction (ISBN 9781577664284). Titles of related interest also from Waveland Press: Chiang, Elements of Dynamic Optimization (ISBN 9781577660965); Gramlich, A Guide to Benefit-Cost Analysis, Second Edition (ISBN 9780881339888); and McCloskey, Economical Writing, Second Edition (ISBN 9781577660637).

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Natural Resource Economics: An Introduction (Paperback) This is an excellent introductory text for the field of environmental economics and is an excellent starting point for anyone attempting to assess the value of the natural environment or understand an existing assessment. Easily digestable material and very good introduction.