Land Resource Economics and Sustainable Development : Economic Policies and the Common Good.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Part One: Theoretical Considerations -- 2 The Concept of Rent: Is Land Unique? -- 3 The Theory of Welfare Measurement -- 4 Property Rights, Market Failure, Externality, and Environmental Economics -- Part Two: Project Evaluation and Economic Development -- 5 Social Cost-Benefit Analysis: Evaluation of Resource Development Projects -- 6 Input-Output Models for Regional and Community Development -- 7 Valuing Nonmarket Benefits -- Part Three: Land Use and Sustainable Development -- 8 Conservation, Sustainable Development, and Preservation -- 9 Economics of Global Climatic Change -- 10 Economics of Soil Conservation -- Part Four: Economics of Land-Use Planning and Control -- 11 Efficiency and Equity in Land-Use Planning -- 12 Land Preservation and Conservation -- 13 Control over Water in Agriculture: Economics of Irrigation and Wetlands Preservation -- Part Five: Economics of Public Land Management -- 14 Economics and Management of Public Forestlands -- 15 Economics and Public Rangeland Management -- 16 Management of Public Lands for Multiple Use -- Part Six: Conclusions -- 17 Ethics and Land Resource Economics -- Notes -- References and Suggested Readings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

An introduction to issues of land use and the economic tools that are used to resolve land-use conflicts.

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