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Resource Economics : Selected Works of Orris C. Herfindahl.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Revivals SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2015Copyright date: ©1974Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (349 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317309970
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Resource EconomicsDDC classification:
  • 333.7
LOC classification:
  • HB199 .H394 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART ONE The Nature and Scope of Resource Economics -- 1. Is Resource Economics Unorthodox? -- 2. Identification and Study of Policy Problems in the Minerals Industries -- 3. Time for Stock-Taking -- PART TWO Natural Resource Supply and Conservation -- 4. Some Fundamentals of Mineral Economics -- 5. What Is Conservation? -- 6. Goals and Standards of Performance for the Conservation of Minerals -- 7. Depletion and Economic Theory -- PART THREE Application of Economics to the Minerals Industry -- 8. The Process of Investment in the Mineral Industries -- 9. Changes in the Size of Copper Mining Companies -- 10. Deterioration, Output, and the Price of Copper -- 11. Review of Capital and Output Trends in Mining Industries, 1870-1948 -- 12. Development of the Major Metal Mining Industries in the United States, 1839-1909 -- PART FOUR The Supply of Natural Resource Information -- 13. Some Guidelines for Organization and Administration of Information Activities -- 14.The Question of Exploration Strategy -- 15. Economic Considerations in Assessing the Role of Remote Sensing in Country Development -- 16. The Value of Mineral Surveys to Economic Development -- PART FIVE The Quality of the Natural Environment -- 17. Effects of Resource Depletion and Economic Growth on the Quality of Life -- 18. Can Increasing Demands on Resources Be Met? -- 19. "Natural" Areas -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A. Assignments and Activities -- Appendix B. Backpacking Checklist -- Appendix C. Across the Barrens by Canoe -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This volume, originally published in 1974, presents Herfindahl's most significant and enlightening contributions to the field of resource economics. This title will be of interest to students of environmental studies and economics, as well as to professional resource specialists.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART ONE The Nature and Scope of Resource Economics -- 1. Is Resource Economics Unorthodox? -- 2. Identification and Study of Policy Problems in the Minerals Industries -- 3. Time for Stock-Taking -- PART TWO Natural Resource Supply and Conservation -- 4. Some Fundamentals of Mineral Economics -- 5. What Is Conservation? -- 6. Goals and Standards of Performance for the Conservation of Minerals -- 7. Depletion and Economic Theory -- PART THREE Application of Economics to the Minerals Industry -- 8. The Process of Investment in the Mineral Industries -- 9. Changes in the Size of Copper Mining Companies -- 10. Deterioration, Output, and the Price of Copper -- 11. Review of Capital and Output Trends in Mining Industries, 1870-1948 -- 12. Development of the Major Metal Mining Industries in the United States, 1839-1909 -- PART FOUR The Supply of Natural Resource Information -- 13. Some Guidelines for Organization and Administration of Information Activities -- 14.The Question of Exploration Strategy -- 15. Economic Considerations in Assessing the Role of Remote Sensing in Country Development -- 16. The Value of Mineral Surveys to Economic Development -- PART FIVE The Quality of the Natural Environment -- 17. Effects of Resource Depletion and Economic Growth on the Quality of Life -- 18. Can Increasing Demands on Resources Be Met? -- 19. "Natural" Areas -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A. Assignments and Activities -- Appendix B. Backpacking Checklist -- Appendix C. Across the Barrens by Canoe -- Bibliography -- Index.

This volume, originally published in 1974, presents Herfindahl's most significant and enlightening contributions to the field of resource economics. This title will be of interest to students of environmental studies and economics, as well as to professional resource specialists.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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