Natural Resources
Allocation, Economics and Policy
2nd Edition
Published on 17. May 1990
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-0-415-05104-0 (ISBN)
Description
Provides an interdisciplinary study of both renewable and non-renewable global resources. Judith Rees analyses the spatial distribution of resource availability, development and consumption and the distribution of resource-generated wealth. This book should be of interest to lecturers and students of geography, environmental studies, resource management.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
1180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-05104-0 (9780415051040)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Introduction 2. Natural Resources: Their Nature and Scarcity 3. Minerals: Distribution, Production and Economics 4. The Performance of the Mineral Production Process 5. Public Intervention in Mineral Sector 6. Renewable Resources: The Diversity of Perspectives 7. The Allocation of Renewable Resource Flows: Economic Perspectives and Mechanisms 8. Evaluating Conservation and Flow Augmentation Decisions 9. The Policy and Practice of Renewable Resource Management 10. Muddling Through, Social Revolution or Ecocatastrophe Postscript The Search for Sustainability.