Format:
1 online resource (349 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781138120860
,
9781317309970
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals Series
Note:
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
Additional Edition:
Print version Brooks, David B. Resource Economics Florence : Taylor & Francis Group,c2015 ISBN 9781138120860
Language:
English
Keywords:
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