Edward Elgar Publishing Handbook on the Economics of Natural Resources

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. The expert contributors of this Handbook provide insightful solutions to many of the problems that growing populations now face. Organised into four fundamental parts, this book sketches the likely developments in the field of natural resource economics and paves the way for new thinking in the areas of: - nonrenewable Resources - modeling of Biological Resources - conservation of Biological Resources - water Resources. A key source of the most important research in the field, this important book will be of interest to graduate students, instructors and scholars in natural resource economics. Review 'This book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to know how the field of Natural Resource Economics - broadly defined - has progressed over the past 20 years, and where it is headed in the future. It is an excellent collection of papers on the subject.' --- Maureen Cropper, University of Maryland and Resources for the Future 'With contributions by leading scholars in the field, this book surveys key concepts, methodologies and results from the important field of natural resource economics. The chapters are rigorous and sophisticated, but at the same time accessible to anyone with some graduate-level training in economics. They include both theoretical presentations and real-world discussions that tie the theory to critical resource challenges facing the world today. I highly recommend this either as a textbook for a graduate class in natural resource economics or as a key resource for anyone wanting an overview of state-of-the-art scholarship in this field.' --- Kathleen Segerson, University of Connecticut, US About the Author Edited by Robert Halvorsen, Professor of Economics and David F. Layton, Professor of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Seattle, US