Description
Book SynopsisAn introduction to issues of land use and the economic tools that are used to resolve land-use conflicts.
Table of Contents1 Introduction
Part 1: 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 2: 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 3: Land-Use and Sustainable Development
8 Conservation, Sustainable Development, and Preservation
9 Economics of Global Climatic Change
10 Economics of Soil Conservation
Part 4: Economics of Land-Use Planning and Control
11 Efficiency and Equity in Land-Use Planning
12 Land Preservation and Conservation
13 Control over Water Use in Agriculture: Economics of Irrigation and Wetlands Preservation
Part 5: 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 6: Conclusions
17 Ethics and Land Resource Economics
